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THE FAIRY IN THE MEADOW by ROSE FYLEMAN

First Line: HE CAME, STEPPING OVER THE TALL GRASSES
Last Line: WHY WAS HE AFRAID OF ME?
Subject(s): FAIRIES; FANTASY; FIELDS; HUMANITY; SUPERNATURAL; ELVES; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS;

HE CAME, stepping over the tall grasses (But never a one bent),
He passed as lightly as the wind passes;
I heard him sing as he went.
I called. He dived into the cow-parsley flowers
As into a foamy sea.
I waited there in the meadow for hours and hours...
Why was he afraid of me?



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