O the great and happy Beech,
Glorious and tall!
Changing with the changing months,
Lovely in them all:
(You may eat these.)
Lovely in the leafless time,
Lovelier in green;
Loveliest with golden leaves
And the sky between,
When the nuts are falling fast,
Thrown by little me-
Tiny things to patter down
From a forest tree!
"The Song Of The Beechnut Fairy"
Cecily Mary Barker
(1895-1973)
English artist and poetess
Patroness of the English fairies
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