Cicely Mary Barker （1895–1973），英国知名插画家，以绘画天真无邪的儿童和细致精确的花草著称。其父亲出身于木刻世家，Cicely亦很早就显露出艺术天分。由于体弱多病，她的童年教育几乎都在家中完成，绘画也多靠自学。16岁时就出版了自己的图画明信片，很快成为Croyden Art Society中最年轻的成员，她最为著名的作品是《花仙子》（Flower Fairy）系列，画风深受拉斐尔前派和Kate Greenaway的影响。
The Fairy of Red Clover
The Fairy of Mallow
The Fairy of Bugle
THE SONG OF THE BUGLE FAIRY
At the edge of the woodland
Where good fairies dwell,
Stands, on the look-out,
A brave sentinel.
At the call of his bugle
Out the elves run,
Ready for anything,
Danger, or fun,
Hunting, or warfare,
By moonshine or sun,
With bluebells and campions,
The woodlands are gay,
Where bronzy-leaved Bugle
Keeps watch night and day.
The Fairy of Gaillardia
THE SONG OF THE GAILLARDIA FAIRY
There once was a child in a garden,
Who loved all my colours of flame,
The crimson and scarlet and yellow ---
But what was my name?
For Gaillardia's hard to remember!
She looked at my yellow and red,
And thought of gold and glory
When the sun goes to bed;
And she troubled no more to remember,
But gave me a splendid new name;
She spoke of my flowers as Sunsets——
Then you do the same!
The Fairy of Gorse
The SONG OF THE GORSE FAIRIES
"When gorse is out of blossom,"
(Its prickles bare of gold)
"Then kissing's out of fashion,"
Said country-folk of old.
Now Gorse is in its glory
In May when skies are blue,
But when its time is over,
Whatever shall we do?
O dreary would the world be,
With everyone grown cold——
Forlorn as prickly bushes
Without their fairy gold!
But this will never happen:
At every time of year
You'll find one bit of blossom——
A kiss from someone dear!
The Elm Tree Fairy. The Beech Tree Fairy, The Sycmorea Fairy, The Ash Tree Fairy （点击看全图）
上图皆出自The Complete Book of The Flower Fairies
