The Song of the Tulip Fairy

I managed to capture these before the impending rain today.

The Song of the Tulip Fairy

Our stalks are very
straight and tall,
Our colours clear and bright;

Too many-hued to name them all --
Red, yellow, pink, or white.
And some are splashed, and some, maybe,
As dark as any plum.

From tulip-fields across the sea
To England did we come.
We were a peaceful country's pride,
And Holland is its name.

Now in your gardens we abide --
And aren't you glad we came?"

Cicely Mary Barker