{"id":1978,"date":"2019-05-01T01:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2019-05-12T23:38:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T23:38:47","slug":"a-compliment-sent-to-the-fairy-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978","title":{"rendered":"A Compliment Sent to the Fairy Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id='easy-footnote-1-1978' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1978' title='In the 1653 edition, this poem is untitled, and is located near the end of the entire volume, among the poems reflecting on her poetic process.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>Sir Charles<span id='easy-footnote-2-1978' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978#easy-footnote-bottom-2-1978' title='In 1664 and 1668, Cavendish adds a note that reads, \u201cSir Charles Cavendish, my brother-in-law.\u201d This note does not appear in 1653.'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>into<span id='easy-footnote-3-1978' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978#easy-footnote-bottom-3-1978' title=' into] unto 1664, 1668'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> my chamber coming in<br \/>\nWhen I was writing of my<span id='easy-footnote-4-1978' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978#easy-footnote-bottom-4-1978' title='my] the 1664, 1668'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Fairy Queen,<br \/>\n\u201cI pray,\u201d said he, \u201cwhen Queen Mab you do see,<br \/>\nPresent my service to her Majesty,<br \/>\nAnd tell her I have heard Fame\u2019s loud report,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nBoth of her beauty and her stately court.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen I Queen Mab within my fancy viewed,<br \/>\nMy thoughts bowed low, fearing I should be rude,<br \/>\nKissing her garment thin, which fancy made,<br \/>\nKneeling upon a thought, like one that prayed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<br \/>\nAnd then in<span id='easy-footnote-5-1978' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978#easy-footnote-bottom-5-1978' title='And then in] In 1653'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> whispers soft I did present<br \/>\nHis humble service, which in mirth was sent.<br \/>\nThus by imagination I have been<br \/>\nIn Fairy Court, and seen the Fairy Queen,<br \/>\nFor why imagination runs about\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15<br \/>\nIn every place, yet<span id='easy-footnote-6-1978' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1978#easy-footnote-bottom-6-1978' title='yet] but 1664, 1668'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> none can trace it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Charlesinto my chamber coming in When I was writing of my Fairy Queen, \u201cI pray,\u201d said he, \u201cwhen Queen Mab you do see, Present my service to her Majesty, And tell her I have heard Fame\u2019s loud report,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Both of her beauty and her stately court.\u201d When I Queen Mab within &hellip; 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