They think it was never fair-world with them since.
Milton.
Fair"y (?), n.; pl. Fairies (#). [OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment,
fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. fÈer, fr. LL. Fata one of
the goddesses of fate. See Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.] [Written also
faÎry.] 1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath
taken her into company.
Gower.