"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they went skipping about, and that was the beginning of faeries."
Sir James Matthew Barrie
Fairies have fascinated me for as long as I can remember. As a teen I used to copy Cicely Mary Barker's drawings. Her Flower Fairy books were my favorite books. Many of the graphics on this page are hers. I found them at
For centuries poets have written about fairies and on this page, I'm sharing some of those poems, as well as many beautiful fairy graphics and great links!
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I'd Love To Be A Fairy's Child 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
In Fairyland
The fairy poet takes a sheet
Of moonbeam, silver white;
His ink is dew from daisies sweet,
His pen a point of light.My love I know is fairer far
Than his, (though she is fair,)
And we should dwell where fairies are,
For I could praiser her there.
JOYCE KILMER
Dreams
Beyond, beyond the mountain line,
The gray stone and the boulder,
Beyond the growth of dark green pine,
That crowns its western shoulder,
There lies that fairy land of mine,
Unseen of a beholder.Its fruits are all like rubies rare,
Its streams are clear as glasses:
There golden castles hang in air,
And purple grapes in masses,
And noble knights and ladies fair
Come riding down the passes.Ah me! they say if I could stand
Upon those mountain ledges,
I should but see on either hand
Plain fields and dusty hedges:
And yet I know my fairy land
Lies somewhere o'er their hedges.CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER
The Plumpuppets
When little heads weary have gone to their bed,
When all the good nights and the prayers have been said,
Of all the good fairies that send bairns to rest
The little Plumpuppets are those I love best.If your pillow is lumpy, or hot, thin and flat,
The little Plumpuppets know just what they're at:
They plump up the pillow, all soft, cool and fat---
The little Plumpuppets plump-up it!The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds;
They have nothing to do but to watch sleepyheads;
They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight,
And they dance on your pillow to wish you good night!CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
I've adopted Tatiana, she's a Pixie, isn't she gorgeous?
Tatiana
I adopted Morgana at Fiona's, her page is well worth a visit!
Morgana
Elsevira comes from 4Kids Land of Enchantment:
My favorite fairies are Flora, Fauna and Merriweather from Disney's Sleeping Beauty. I can't have a fairy page without them on it!
See more of these beautiful creatures here:
Ailfen.com - read for yourself
Some really nice Fairy graphics here
Some Fairy books:
(I selected these books for their beautiful art)The Book of Fairies - Michael Hague
The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries - Pierre Dubois, Claudine & Roland Sabatier
Dear Fairies - Sandra Nightingale (a children's book,but really cute!)
Fairies - Elizabeth Ratisseau
Fairy Garden, Fairies of the Four Seasons - Tom Cross
If you know of more interesting fairy pages or books, please drop me an e-mail!
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