The Princess Fay once ran away
and built a great balloon
She warmed its air with greatest care
and sailed beyond the Moon
She drifted far to night and star
that sunny day in June.
"Balloon," said Fay, "take me from day,
from Sun and green and light."
They flew so high the Gemini
came dancing through the night
with good Orion and the Lion
following in flight.
She stopped to dine on fruits and wine
from dippers great and little
in lark and mirth away from Earth
where joy was faint and brittle,
where nothing slept and shadows crept
and stifled fife and fiddle.
The Princess sang, the comets rang
with echoes, sweet and soft
But far from home, she was alone
in utter dark aloft
so none too soon, she called "Balloon!
it's high time we were off."
She touched down basket in the grassy
meadow, damp with dew
And so that day, the Princess Fay
loved Sun and light anew.
In grassy green, she was the queen
of sky, both black and blue.
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