Rose Fyleman Quotes

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Since ever and ever the world began
They danced like a ribbon of flame,
They have sung their song through the centuries long,
And yet it is never the same.
And though you be foolish or though you be wise,
With hair of silver or gold,
You can never be as young as the fairies are,
And never be as old.

Rose Fyleman

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
It's not so very, very far away;
You pass the gardner's shed and you just keep straight ahead —
I do so hope they've really come to stay.

Rose Fyleman

The King is very proud and very handsome;
The Queen—now you can quess who that could be
(She's a little girl all day, but at night she steals away)?
Well — it's Me!

Rose Fyleman

I think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven't any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white.
They run about the house at night
They nibble things they shouldn't touch,
And no one seems to like them much.
But I think mice are nice.

Rose Fyleman

I think mice
Are rather nice.

Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven't any
Chins at all.

Rose Fyleman

Rose Fyleman

Born: 1877

Died: 1957 (aged 80)

Bio: Rose Amy Fyleman was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There are fairies at the bottom of our garden was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann.

Known for:

A Fairy Went a-Marketing (1918)
Fairies and chimneys (1918)
The fairy flute (1921)
The Rose Fyleman fairy book (1923)
Fairies and Friends (1926)

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