A Faery Song
A Faery Song - meaning Summary
Faery Blessing on Lovers
This short lyric presents the voices of Faery elders singing over Diarmuid and Grania as they lie in bridal sleep beneath a cromlech. The speakers emphasize their great age and long perspective, and ask that the young lovers be given silence, love, night, stars, and rest apart from human cares. The poem frames a gentle, timeless wish for protection and peaceful escape from the mortal world.
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