The Song of The Greater Celandine Fairy

You come with the Spring,

O swallow on high!

You come with the Spring,

And so do I.

Illustration By Cecily Mary Barker

Your nest, I know,

Is under the eaves;

While far below

Are my flowers and leaves.

Yet, to and fro

As you dart and fly,

You swoop so low

That you brush me by!

I come with the Spring;

The walls is my home;

I come with the Spring

When the swallows come.

"The Song Of The Greater Celandine Fairy

By Cecily Mary Barker

(The name "Celandine" comes from the Greek word for "swallow"

and this celandine used to be called, "Swallow-wort".

It has orange-colored juice in its stems, and is no relation

to the Lesser Celandine.)-CMB