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, 1918,
 "Fairies and Fusiliers"

FORAYS into FANTASIES