The Water Sprite

The Water Sprite

A wise Child addresses a “Nixie, Nixie,” or Water Sprite, despite the scepticism of adults.

Poem in 5 quatrains, rhyming abab

Alix Egerton, poem,
Pamela Colman Smith, ornament

The Green Sheaf, No. 4, p. 3

Pamela Colman Smith

[August] 1903

Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press.

Public Domain

The Green Sheaf Digital Edition, Yellow Nineties 2.0, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities

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