EVERY FAIRY HAS A STAR

Every fairy has a star

Where all her tiny treasures are,

And there her faithful gnome,

As soon as she goes out at night

Against the window sets a light

To guide his lady home.

And at the open door he stands

And waves his little twinkling hands

As down to earth she goes;

Then sits and waits the long night through,

And sometimes sings a song or two

And sometimes has a doze.

But at the earliest crow of cock

Back to the sky the fairies flock,

And at their doors they stand and knock

16(The air is keen and chill)—

They do not wait to see the sun;

Straight to their little beds they run;

The stars are darkened one by one

And all the sky is still.

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