THE PIXY PEOPLE

Through the breezy mazes
Of the lazy June,
Drowsy with the hazes,
Of the dreamy noon,

Little Pixy people
Winged above the walk,
Pouring from the steeple
Of a mullein-stalk.

One a gallant fellow
Evidently King,
Wore a plume of yellow
In a jeweled ring

On a pansy bonnet,
Gold and white and blue,
With the dew still on it,
And the fragrance, too.

One a dainty lady,
Evidently Queen,
Wore a gown of shady
Moonshine and green,

With a lace of gleaming
Starlight that sent
All the dewdrops dreaming
Everywhere she went.

One wore a waistcoat
Of roseleaves, out and in,
And one wore a faced-coat
Of tiger-lily-skin;

And one wore a neat coat
Of palest galingale;
And one a tiny street-coat,
And one a swallow tail.

And Ho! sang the King of them,
And Hey! sang the Queen;
And round and round the ring of them
Went dancing o'er the green;

And Hey! sang the Queen of them,
And Ho! sang the King
And all that I had seen of them
Wasn't anything!

It was just a very
Merry fairy dream!
All the woods were airy
With the gloom and gleam;

Crickets in the clover
Clattered clear and strong,
And the bees droned over
Their old honey-song!

James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7, 1849 in Greenfield, Indiana. His father, a frontier politician and lawyer, named his son after an Indiana governor, James Whitcomb. His mother was a homemaker, and she also wrote poetry. Riley had a difficult time academically, but possessed a talent for language, especially that of his own people. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but he did not apply himself to law. For a time he traveled the American Midwest as a sign painter. He also traveled with a medicine salesman, and drew crowds by playing songs and performing impersonations of people he had met in his travels.

Riley's childhood and home were also great influences on him. His most famous poems were about people and situations from his real life. His poems, "The Raggedy Man," and "Little Orphant Annie," are about a hired hand and an orphan girl who helped on the family farm. The farmhand and Annie told the local children stories that Riley immortalized in his work.

Mr. Riley died of a stroke on 22 July, 1916. United States President, Woodrow Wilson, sent a note to the poet's family, saying Riley was "...a man who imparted joyful pleasure and a thoughtful view of many things that other men would have missed."

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Fairy Medallions

Sweet Little Fairies

Fairy Paintings

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Flower Fairy Sparkles

Fairy Art In Fancy Frames

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A Home-Made Fairy Tale

Dancing Princess Fairies

The Treasure Of Fairy Wings

Little Fairy Imps

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