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Cicely Mary Barker

The Cornflower Fairy

 

'Mid scarelt of poppies
and gold of the corn,
In wide-spreading fields were
the Cornflowers born;
But now I look round me,
and what do I see?
That lilies and roses are
neighbors to me!
There's a beautiful lawn,
there are borders and beds,
Where all kinds of flowers
raise delicate heads;
For this is a garden,
and here, a Boy Blue,
I live and am merry the
whole summer through.
My blue is the blue that
I always have worn,
And still I remember the
poppies and corn.

 

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