Does anyone know the childs poem The Elfin Prince?
It’s called ‘Fairy in Armour’ by by Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820.) Here the full poem, and it’s delightful: He put his acorn helmet on; It was plumed with the silk of thistledown The corset plate that guarded his heart Was like a wild bee’s golden vest His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of a butterfly His shield was a shell of a lady-bug green Studs of gold on a ground of green And the quivering lance which he brandished bright, Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in a fight Swift he bestroll his firefly steed He bared his blade of the ben-grass blue He drove his spurs of the cockle-seed, And away like a glance of thought he flew, To skim the heavens, and follow far The fiery trail of a shooting star.
