Cicely Mary Barker's Winter Aconite Fairy

Deep in the Earth
I woke, I stirred.
I said: "Was that Spring I heard?
For something called!"
"No, no," they said:
"Go back to sleep. Go back to bed."
"You're far too soon;
The world's too cold
For you, so small." So I was told.
But how could I
Go back to sleep?
I could not wait; I had to peep!

Up, up, I climbed,
And here am I.
How wide the earth! How great the sky!
O wintry world,
See me, awake!
Spring calls, and comes; 'tis no mistake.

Height 4 inches