A New Fern

A Fairy has found a new fern!

A lovely surprise of the May!

She stamps her wee foot, looks uncommonly stern,

And keeps other fairies at bay.

She watches it flourish and grow—

What exquisite pleasure is hers!

She kisses it, strokes it and fondles it so—

I almost believe that she purrs!

Of all the most beautiful things,

None brighter than this I discern,

To be a young fairy, with glittering wings,

And then—to discover a fern!