Elfin songs of sunland

THE COLUMBINE

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FIVE doves the fairies took away To the deep dark wood one summer day, And they hung them up on a slender spray,— Heigh-ho for the columbine!

Red and gold were the doves they took; With heads outstretched the birdlings shook, Till the fairies sang them to sleep by the brook,— Heigh-ho for the columbine!