THE FAIRIES.
Reading edition
Oh, brightly, brightly go the days, And merrily we sing, And mosses, ferns, and flowers fair All welcome in the Spring! The earth is clad in laughing green, The snow has passed away, The sun shines forth with beaming face And bids us dance and play! We live in nooks of moss and fern, Where grows the blue hare-bell, Which rings whene’er a gentle breeze Wafts softly down our dell. We ride on graceful dragon-flies, With gauzy wings of light; And glow-worms lie in readiness To shine for us at night. We go to children in their sleep, And with our fairy art We spin sweet dreams of fairyland To rest each tired heart! So gaily, gaily run the days, And so we dance and sing, And so the happy flowers bloom And merrily they ring! A. M. W.
