WHAT I CAN SEE.
I can't help feeling rathor sad To think folks' eyes should be so bad, For things which I can see and hear They do not even know are near. Suppose, for instance, I should go In the next field and look below The nearest dock-loaf, I should see A solemn fairy wirik at mo. A doctor-elf is he who brings His salve invisible for stings Acquirod by those who rashly dare Tho nottle-lancora in their lair. Perhaps you did not know that th<?y, Tho lancers, each lovely fay 1 Elf solcjiers npver sting for spite, But to protect some lady brightEach wild.roso bud makes ono wee hood For baby fairies, pink and gopd; The big buds, caps for maidens fair, Rose-clad, with floating golden hail'. The things that grown-ups toadstools call Have naiight to do with toads at all j The fairies' tables, they "•!'? spread With lovely food, when we're in bod. The bluebells ring their pretty chime To tell tho world 'tis summer-time; The long stalks sway, tho bells ring out, And all tho fragrance floats about. So fields and hedges you may find Peopled with playmates to your mind, It you aro still and wise And have no World Dust in your eyes!
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 4 (Supplement)
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209WHAT I CAN SEE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 4 (Supplement)
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