Rose Fyleman Poems

I STOOD against the window

And looked between the bars,
And there were strings of fairies
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I think mice

Are rather nice.

There tails are long,
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A FAIRY went a-marketing

She bought a little fish;
She put it in a crystal bowl
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DADDY goes a-riding in a motor painted grey,

He makes a lot of snorty noise before he gets away ;

The fairies go a-riding when they wish to take their
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THE robin is the fairies' page;

They keep him neatly dressed
For country service or for town
In dapper livery of brown
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IF I were a bird with a dear little nest

I should always be going for flights,
I'd fly to the North and the South and the West
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UPON the terrace where I play
A little fountain sings all day

A tiny tune;
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To all kind folk who make delightful gar-
dens

Where we may live,

Enjoying days and nights of busy leisure
Amid devices fashioned for our pleasure,
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EVERY fairy has a star
Where all her tiny treasures are,
And there her faithful gnome,
As soon as she goes out at night
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IF you meet a fairy
Don't run away ;
She won't want to hurt you,
She'll only want to play.
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