It was, it was a fairy man Who came to town today. "I'll ma… - Mary Gilmore

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It was, it was a fairy man Who came to town today.
"I'll make a cake for sixpence, If you will pay, will pay."I paid him with a sixpence, And with a penny, too;
He made a cake of rainbows, And baked it in the dew.
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He iced it with a moonbeam, He patterned it with play,
And sprinkled it with star-dust From off the Milky Way.

Mary Gilmore

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Dame Mary Jean Gilmore DBE (née Cameron; 16 August 1865 – 3 December 1962) was an Australian writer and journalist known for her prolific contributions to and the broader national discourse. She wrote both prose and poetry.

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Birth Name: Mary Jean Cameron

Alternative Names: Dame Mary Jean Gilmore • Dame Mary Jane Gilmore • Cameron

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William Butler Yeats Alfred Tennyson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lord Byron Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Never admit the pain,
Bury it deep;
Only the weak complain.
Complaint is cheap.

It's us two when it's morning, And us two when it's night;
And us two when it's troubled, And us two when it's bright;And us two don't want nothing To make life good and true,
And lovin'-sweet, and happy, While us two's got us two.

It’s gettin’ bits o’ posies, ’N’ feelin’ mighty good;
A-thrillin’ ’cause she loves you, An’ wond’rin’ why she should;
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As if there’s nothin’ mattered, As if the world was good,
As if the Lord was lookin’, An’ sort o’ understood.

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