No fairy being ought to understand.

I see that almost every thing I saw

Is utterly improper to be seen.

Don’t ask for details—I’ve returned to you

With outraged senses and with shattered nerves,

I burn with blushes of indignant shame.

Read my experiences in my face,

My tongue shall wither ere it tell the tale.

It is a very, very wicked world!

Dar. But surely man can summon death at will;