I am the maker, <br />The builder, the breaker, <br />The eagle-winged helper, <br />The speedy forsaker! <br /> <br />The lance and the lyre, <br />The water, the fire, <br />The tooth of oppression, <br />The lip of desire! <br /> <br />The snare and the wing, <br />They honey, the sting! <br />When you seek for me--look <br />For a different thing! <br /> <br />I, careless and gay, <br />Never mean what I say, <br />For my thoughts and my eyes <br />Look the opposite way!<br /><br />James Stephens<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-ancient-elf/
