A Little Freckled Person

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Title:     A Little Freckled Person
Author: Mary Carolyn Davies [More Titles by Davies]

They think I'm just a little girl
At study, work, or play,--
A little freckled person who
Has never much to say.

They do not know a princess oft
In golden gown am I,
With cheeks like apple petals soft
And eyes like sea or sky.

They only see my tumbled braids,
They do not know I wear
A crown with turquoises and beryls
Upon my coiled-up hair.

They do not know adventures dire
Beset me, land and sea,
That page and courtier, knight and squire,
Before me bend the knee.

That haughty ships with silken sails
Upon my bidding go--
All these, and other happy things,
They cannot, cannot know.

They only see a little girl
At study, work, or play,--
A little freckled person, who
Has never much to say!

[The end]
Mary Carolyn Davies's poem: Little Freckled Person

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