Dictionary Entry

faery

The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.

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Common Phrases

queen faeryqueene faerylands faery. faeryland faeryfolk faery

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Poetry examples for “faery”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

To guard your steps securely up, where streams
A faery moonshine washing pale the crowds
Of pointed stars. Remember not whereby

AFTER so long a race as I haue run
Through Faery land, which those six books compile
giue leaue to rest me, being halfe fordonne,

Whose shape appeared not;
But were it faery, fiend, or snake,
My courage yearn'd it to awake,

When Avon, like a faery floor,
Lay freighted, for the eyes of One,

Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. 70

"Hark! 'tis an elfin-storm from faery land,
Of haggard seeming, but a boon indeed:

Faery, 298.

And I return to thee, mine own heart’s home;
As to his Queen some victor Knight of Faery,
Earning bright spoils for her enchanted dome;

And I return to thee, mine own heart's home;
As to his Queen some victor Knight of Faery,
Earning bright spoils for her enchanted dome;

White plates and cups, clean-gleaming,
Ringed with blue lines; and feathery, faery dust;
Wet roofs, beneath the lamp-light; the strong crust