The Song Of The Hawthorne Fairy

 

 

 

 These thorny branches bore the May

So many months ago,

That when the scattered petals lay

Like drifts of fallen snow,

"This is the story's end," you said;

But O, not half was told!"

For see, my haws are here instead,

And hungry birdies shall be fed

On these when days are cold. 

 

The Hawthorne Fairy

 

 

 

"The Hawthorne Fairy"
Poem & Illustration
Cecily Mary Barker
(1895-1973)
British illustrator and poetess
Official portrait painter of
the English flower fairies.