I was just a little thing <br /> When a fairy came and kissed me; <br />Floating in upon the light <br />Of a haunted summer night, <br />Lo, the fairies came to sing <br />Pretty slumber songs and bring <br /> Certain boons that else had missed me. <br />From a dream I turned to see <br />What those strangers brought for me, <br /> When that fairy up and kissed me-- <br /> Here, upon this cheek, he kissed me! <br /> <br />Simmerdew was there, but she <br /> Did not like me altogether; <br />Daisybright and Turtledove, <br />Pilfercurds and Honeylove, <br />Thistleblow and Amberglee <br />On that gleaming, ghostly sea <br /> Floated from the misty heather, <br />And around my trundle-bed <br />Frisked, and looked, and whispering said-- <br /> Solemnlike and all together: <br /> 'You shall kiss him, Ganderfeather!' <br /> <br />Ganderfeather kissed me then-- <br /> Ganderfeather, quaint and merry! <br />No attenuate sprite was he, <br />--But as buxom as could be;-- <br />Kissed me twice, and once again, <br />And the others shouted when <br /> On my cheek uprose a berry <br />Somewhat like a mole, mayhap, <br />But the kiss-mark of that chap <br /> Ganderfeather, passing merry-- <br /> Humorsome, but kindly, very! <br /> <br />I was just a tiny thing <br /> When the prankish Ganderfeather <br />Brought this curious gift to me <br />With his fairy kisses three; <br />Yet with honest pride I sing <br />That same gift he chose to bring <br /> Out of yonder haunted heather. <br />Other charms and friendships fly-- <br />Constant friends this mole and I, <br /> Who have been so long together. <br /> Thank you, little Ganderfeather!<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ganderfeather-s-gift/
