Monday, May 21, 2012

Enchanted Tulips


    TULIPS 
    white and tulips red,
    Sweeter than a violet bed!
    Say, old Mother Bailey, say
    Why your tulips look so gay,
     Why they smell so sweet, and why
    They bloom on when others die?
     
    By the pixies’ magic power 
    Do my tulips always flower,
    By the pixies’ magic spell 
    Do they give so sweet a smell!
    Tulips, tulips, red and white,
    Fill the pixies with delight!
       
     “Enchanted Tulips and Other Verses for Children” by A.,E. and M. Keary. Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street
    London
    1914 


18 comments:

  1. Nadezda - your garden looks like the perfect picture of Spring!! So many lovely tulips in so many colours! Gorgeous!!!
    Astrid

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    1. Thank you, Astrid! I'm enjoying every flower in my spring garden.

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  2. Beautiful bright tulips! I love those reddish orange ones. And what a wonderful garden poem - I had never heard of it before!

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    1. So hadn't I! I had looked for any nice poem about tulips and found this one written in 1914, that I liked. I'm glad you liked it too.

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  3. Amazing colours and beautiful tulips, I must plant some for next year!

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    1. Thank you, Peter! Yes, tulips decorate very much any garden in spring.

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  4. Hallo Nadezda,
    I am pleased to see your tulips are bringing you flowers. In my garden, in the land where most of the tulips are comings from, only 3 tulips brought me flowers the rest of the bust dryed up.
    Have a nice evening Nadezda

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    1. Thank you, Marijke for reading and watching my photos! I hope your another flowers will bloom long time. Happy spring!

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  5. Привет
    Большое спасибо за посещение моего блога и рад, что вам нравится.
    Я люблю фотографии цветов, что красота в природе!
    Мы будем и дальше у нас в гостях.
    Привет из Испании.

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    1. Gracias por su lengua Rusa! Voy a visitar a menudo su blogue y leer sobre la historia espanola.

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  6. Your tulips are so pretty. I love that first shot. What magical colors with the sun filtering in. Mine were gone way to fast this year. Have a wonderful week.

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    1. Thank you, Lona!My tulips are going away too, they bloomed about two weeks.

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  7. Hello Nadezda !
    Thank you for stopping by my blog so often .. I am terrible at getting back to other bloggers because this is the busiest time of year for our gardens here in Ontario ... I feel like I never stop! .. Your tulips are beautiful!! and I love those little figures : )
    There is something very special about that tulip scent .. I love them !
    My favorite are "Ballerina" tulips they last so long and look so elegant.
    Yours are so pretty with the light filtering through them and the verses are perfect with them .. it all made me smile : )
    Joy

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    1. Joy, thank you, this poem made me smile too. I love often read your blog. Happy spring!

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  8. Such pretty images and they work so well with the poem.

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    1. Thank you, Hilary! I tried to find the poem to my pictures, although this poem had been written in the past century.

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  9. Pretty pictures of gorgeous tulips. I love tulips, but mine never smell sweetly. In fact, they don't smell at all.

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    1. Frico, I think some varieties of tulips have fragrance. But perhaps the smell of tulips is an artistic exaggeration in this poem.

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