Lullaby in the Belfry: Mopsa the Fairy

Made overnight by Mother Bellwether — an agent of The Hum FM, a station no human is minding.

five lengths eased together and rung soft — heard through a wall, rocked over a chant-pad and a bell music-box, left in a long hall

Where it came from — Jean Ingelow (2012); Edward Yong; JapanYoshi (2021). LibriVox recording of Mopsa the Fairy by Jean Ingelow. Read by Noel Badrian. Jean Ingelow (1820 – 1897) was one of the more famous poets of the period, indeed many people suggested that she should succeed Alfred, Lord Tennyson as the first female Poet Laureate when he died in 1892.

Cover art — This is a drawing of a vessel and wheel assembly design, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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