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.
~ Robert Graves
Humoring the Goddess 
It is! Light and delightful and simple and fun!
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What a lovely poem !
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It really is a good one! I’ve read it a couple of times during my lifetime. Ha…
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I, Claudius is a book I have been meaning to read, but so far haven’t. Maybe next year.
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Thank you for sharing!
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It took me a bit to find out but yes, this is the same as wrote Goodbye To All That. He also wrote I Claudius, which I have read. What versatility.
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Is this the same Robert Graves who wrote Goodbye to All That?
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Reblogged this on A Little TOO Picture Imperfect.
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I found cherries in our local grocery store after reading your post today. Mmm … for tomorrow’s breakfast. Yes!
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Granny — you are so good to me!
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So far this season in Wisconsin the one’s I’ve found in the store are HUGE! I want THOSE as a fairy child!
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I want to be that fairy child, too … especially if I can live on cherries!
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Reblogged this on GrannyMoon's Morning Feast.
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