Buttercups And Daisies

 

Buttercups and daises,

Oh, the pretty flowers;

Coming ere the spring-time,

To tell of sunny hours,

The Buttercup Fairy

Cecily Mary Barker

While the trees are leafless,

While the fields are bare,

Buttercups and daises

Spring up here and there.

The Daisy Fairy

Cecily Mary Barker

Welcome yellow buttercups,

Welcome daisies white,

Ye are in my spirit

Visioned, a delight!

Wild Buttercups & Daises

Coming ere the springtime

Of sunny hours to tell-

Speaking to our hearts of Him,

Who doeth all things well.

"Buttercups And Daisies"
Mary Howitt
(1799-1888)
English poetess & author
Translator of Hans Christian Anderson fairytales

Fairy illustrations

 Cecily Mary Barker
(1895-1973)
English illustrator & poetess
Portrait painter of the British fairies