The Guelder Rose Fairies
Guelder rose flower fairies
There are two little trees:
In the garden there grows
The one with the snowballs;
All children love those!
The other small tree
Not everyone knows,
With her blossoms spread flat—
Yet they’re both Guelder Rose!
But the garden Guelder has nothing
When her beautiful balls are shed;
While in Autumn her wild little sister
Bears berries of ruby red!
Cicely Mary Barker
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