To The Fairy Page
THE FAIRIES HAVE NOT A PENNY TO SPEND. The fairies have never a penny to spend, They haven’t a thing put by, Put theirs is the dovzer of bird a- ’ of flower And theirs are the earth and the sky. And though you should live in a palace of gold Or sleep in a dried-up ditch, You could never be poor as the fairies are, And never as rich.
Since ever and ever the world began They have danced like a ribbon of flame, They have sung their song through the centuries long And yet it is never the same. And though you be foolish or though you to wise, With hair of silver or gold. You could never be young as the fairies are, And never as old.
—Rose Fyleman.
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Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 21
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135To The Fairy Page Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 21
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