Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The Song Of The Elderberry Fairy




Tread quietly:

O people, hush!

-For don't you see

A spotted thrush,

One thrush, or two,

Or even three

In every laden elder-tree?



"These berries do us no harm, though they don't taste very nice.
Country people make wine from them; and boys make whistles  from elder stems."-C.M.B.



They pull and lug,

They flap and push,

They peck and tug

To strip the bush;

They have forsaken

Snail and slug;

Unseen I watch them, safe and snug!



"The Song Of The Elderberry Fairy"
Poem and Illustration by
Cecily Mary Barker
(1895-1973)
English artist and poetess



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