| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. To Fancy | | By Thomas Hood (1799–1845) |
| | | MOST delicate Ariel! submissive thing, | |
| Won by the mind’s high magic to its hest, | |
| Invisible embassy, or secret guest, | |
| Weighing the light air on a lighter wing;— | |
| Whether into the midnight moon, to bring | 5 |
| Illuminate visions to the eye of rest, | |
| Or rich romances from the florid West, | |
| Or to the sea, for mystic whispering,— | |
| Still by thy charmed allegiance to the will, | |
| The fruitful wishes prosper in the brain, | 10 |
| As by the fingering of fairy skill,— | |
| Moonlight, and waters, and soft music’s strain, | |
| Odors, and blooms, and my Miranda’s smile, | |
| Making this dull world an enchanted isle. | | | | |
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