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Elfin Land

Chapter 21: Very Æsthetic.
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A collection of short, rhyming children's poems that populate a fanciful world of fairies, elves, and small creatures. Scenes include moonlit dances, seaside frolics, garden games, and playful animal portraits, all rendered in light, sing-song verse. Recurring images of nature and domestic whimsy introduce gentle moral touches and humorous surprises. The pieces are brief, accessible, and shaped for reading aloud to young audiences.

Very Æsthetic.

No limpy-and-lanky maid,
No skimpy-and-cranky jade.
This dear little queer little elf;
But wherever you find her,
She is dragging behind her,
A Sunflower as big as herself!
At children too rude and robust,
She turns up her nose in disgust.
Yes, she turns up her little nose.
So Æsthetic; she couldn’t,
She declares, and she wouldn’t,
Be seen with such creatures as those!