I found this daffodil face down in the mulch after it rained, so I snatched it to brighten the kitchen as I did my work; and brighten it did! It also prompted me to look for what Cicely Mary Barker had to say about daffodils in my treasured copy of The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies.
THE SONG OF THE DAFFODIL FAIRY
I'm everyone's darling: the blackbird and starling
Are shouting about me from blossoming boughs;
For I, the Lent Lily, the Daffy-down-dilly,
Have heard through the country the call to arouse.
The orchards are ringing with voices
a-singing
The praise of my petticoat, praise of my
gown;
The children are playing, and hark! they are saying
That Daffy-down-dilly is come up to town!
I praise you, Lord, for this Daffy-down-dilly — what joy this single, rescued flower added to my day!
