Oberon, Titania, and Puck With Fairies Dancing(detail)  
Watercolor Over Graphite

© William Blake

`Come hither, my Sparrows,
My little arrows.
If a tear or a smile
Will a man beguile,
If an amorous delay
Clouds a sunshiny day,
If the step of a foot
Smites the heart to its root,
'Tis the marriage-ring --
Makes each fairy a king.'

So a Fairy sung.
From the leaves I sprung;
He leap'd from the spray
To flee away;
But in my hat caught,
He soon shall be taught.
Let him laugh, let him cry,
He's my Butterfly;
For I've pull'd out the sting
Of the marriage-ring.

 

"the fairy" william blake 

 

detail from 

"Midsummer eve"

© E. R. Hughes, 1909

people often ask me where i feel my home is

and the honest answer is

some place inside the music...

ψιχαλίζει όνειρα...

Άκου έν' όνειρο, ψυχή μου,
Και της ομορφιάς θεά∙
Μου εφαινότουν οπώς ήμουν
Μετ' εσένα μία νυχτιά.

.....

Όλη νύχτα εξεφυτρώσαν,
Ως οπού 'λαμψεν η αυγή,
Που μας ηύρε και τους δυο μας
Με την όψη μας χλωμή.

Τούτο είν' τ' όνειρο, ψυχή μου∙
Τώρα στέκεται εις εσέ,
να το κάμης ν' αληθέψη
και να θυμηθής για μέ.

"Το όνειρο" Δ. Σολωμός

hold me tight...