Here's five little things by William Allingham.. some well known.. some not..
A Dream..
The Fairies..
The Lepracaun..
The Maids Of Elfin-Mere
The Bubble..
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1000 Years of Irish Poetry: The Gaelic & Anglo-Irish Poets from Pagan Times to the Present
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See the pretty Planet!
Floating sphere!
Faintest breeze will fan it
Far or near;
World as light as feather;
Moonshine rays,
Rainbow tints together,
As it plays;
Drooping, sinking, falling,
Night to earth,
Mounting, whirling, sailing,
Full of mirth;
Life there, welling, flowing,
Waving round;
Pictures coming, going,
Without sound.
Quick now, be this airy
Globe repelled!
Never can the fairy
Star be held.
Touched -- it in a twinkle
Disappears!
Leaving but a sprinkle,
As of tears.