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Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we’ve hid our faery vats,
Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.

  • W. B. Yeats, “The Stolen Child”, 🎨 Arthur Rackham

(via @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca)

Illustration of a fairy with translucent wings flying over a mountainous landscape. She carries a child on her back, and both figures appear serene. The scene is rendered in soft pastel tones, evoking a whimsical, serene atmosphere.
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