lossomed like rosesin June, All under the boughs of the Christmas-tree. And the fiddlers were scrap-ing so merrily, O,With a one, two, three, anda one, two, three;And the children were dan-cing so cheerily, O,All under the shade of theChristmas-tree — When, all of a sudden, a fairy-land crew Came… … THE CHRISTMAS BALL With butterfly-wings and glistening locks,And wreaths of dewdrops around theirheads! There were little boy-fairies in jew-elled coatsOf pansy velvet, of cost un-told, With chains of daisies aroundtheir throats,And their heads all powderedwith lily-gold ! The b°y-fa^y |n Jewelled…
Children's poetry · Children's poetry -- 1897
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