I'd Love to be a Fairy's Child
1895.7.24-1985.12.7
Children born of fairy stock
Never need for shirt or frock,
Never want for food or fire,
Always get their heart's desire:
Jingle pockets full of gold,
Marry when they're seven years old.
Every fairy child may keep
Two strong ponies and ten sheep;
All have houses, each his own,
Built of brick or granite stone;
They live on cherries, they run wild--
I'd love to be a Fairy's child.
DayPoems Poem No. 2736
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2736.html">I'd Love to be a Fairy's Child by Robert Graves</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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