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Fairies by Alice Guerin Crist Poetry Activity Printables

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Fairies
by Alice Guerin Crist


Fairies
By: Alice Guerin Crist

They don�t believe in fairies,
Those old folk wide and staid,
They�ve never caught the glitter
Of their wings in forest shade.

For them the bush is just a place
Of timber, cows and corn,
They�ve never been up our creek
On a cool November morn.

From mossy banks all dotted
With violets breaking through,
Beneath the frondled maidenhair
Their shy eyes peep at you.

They sleep �neath tasseled tea-trees,
The drowsy summer day,
Where tiny crimson love-birds
Around them dart and play.

The dew-drenched nights of Summer,
When gum-trees are aflower,
In foamy waves of sweetness
Bring round the fairies� hour.

This is the time of frolic,
When they go floating high,
On wispy shreds of river mist,
Across the shining sky.

What! Don�t believe in fairies!
When they�re round you everywhere!
See them� who needs to see them?
You simply know they�re there.

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