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15th August 2022

You might remember Rose Fyleman from your childhood as the powerhouse author of your favourite fairy poems, but that’s not the only legacy she left behind.

When Rose passed away 65 years ago, she left royalties from her books to Vision Foundation. This powerful gift means Rose’s work has not only changed the lives of the people impacted by her writing, but continues to change the lives of blind and partially sighted people through our projects every day. To find out more about building your legacy through a gift in your Will, please get in touch.

To celebrate Rose’s legacy, we have shared a reading of her poem ‘ A Voyage’ on YouTube , read by our Corporate Fundraising Executive, Emily .

Rose Fyleman was born on 6 March 1877, the third child of her parents, John and Emilie Feilmann. At the outbreak of the First World War, the Feilmann family anglicized the spelling of their surname to Fyleman.

Not long after graduating, Rose returned to Nottingham where she taught singing and worked as an assistant at her sister’s school. At 40 years old, Rose’s poem, Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden was published in Punch and she quickly became a favourite among the readers, sharing many more poems in the magazine. Not long after, Rose’s poetry was published across a range of books.

Fyleman’s first collection, Fairies and Chimneys (1918) was immensely popular. The demand saw it reprinted more than twenty times over the next decade. Thanks to this success, Rose was able to leave her role at the school and pursue writing full-time. The published collections of fairy verse included The Fairy Green (1919), The Fairy Flute (1921), and Fairies and Friends (1925).

After an illustrious publishing career, Rose Fyleman was hailed as one of the most successful children’s writers of her generation and she saw much of her early poetry become legendary. Rose passed away at a nursing home in St. Albans, Hertfordshire on 1 August 1957. Thanks to Rose’s legacy with Vision Foundation, her work is still changing lives, even 65 years after her passing.

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Rose Amy Fyleman (1877–1957) was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There are fairies at the bottom of our garden was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann. Her Christmas carol Lift your hidden faces, set to a French carol tune, was included in the Anglican hymnal Songs of Praise (1931) as well as in the Hutterian Brotherhood's Songs of Light (1977).

Rose Fyleman was born in Nottingham on 6 March 1877, the third child of John Feilmann and his wife, Emilie, née Loewenstein, who was of Russian extraction. Her father was in the lace trade, and his Jewish family originated in 1860 from Jever in the historical state of Oldenburg, currently Lower Saxony, Germany.

As a young girl, Fyleman was educated at a private school, and at the age of nine first saw one of her compositions published in a local paper. Although she entered University College, Nottingham, she failed in the intermediate and was thus unable to pursue her ambition of becoming a schoolteacher. Despite this, Fyleman had a good singing voice, and therefore decided to study music. She studied singing in Paris, Berlin and finally at the Royal College of Music in London, where she received her diploma as associate of the Royal College of Music. She returned to Nottingham shortly afterward, where she taught signing and helped in her sister's school. Along with other members of her family, she anglicized the spelling of her name at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

When she was forty, Fyleman sent her verses to Punch magazine and her first publication "There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden" appeared in May 1917. The immense response from publishers prompted Fyleman to submit several other fairy poems. Her verses enjoyed tremendous success among readers and her first collection Fairies and Chimneys (1918) was reprinted more than twenty times over the next decade. During the 1920s and early 1930s Rose Fyleman published multiple verse collections, wrote drama for children, and for two years, edited the children's magazine Merry-Go-Round. Fyleman was also a skilled linguist who translated books from German, French and Italian.

Rose Fyleman was one of the most successful children's writers of her generation and she saw much of her earlier poetry become proverbial. She died at a nursing home in St. Albans, Hertfordshire on 1 August 1957.

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Born in March 6, 1877 / Died in August 1, 1957 / United Kingdom / English

Rose Amy Fyleman was born on the outskirts of Nottingam on 6 March, 1877 to Emilie ( née Loewenstein) and John Feilman. Her mother had immigrated from Russia, while her father's family was situated in Germany seventeen years prior to Rose's birth. As a young girl, Fyleman was educated at a private school, and at the age of nine first saw one of her compositions published in a local paper. Although she entered University College, Nottingham, she failed in the intermediate and was thus unable to pursue her ambition of becoming a schoolteacher. Despite this, Fyleman had a good singing voice, and therefore decided to study music. She studied singing in Paris, Berlin and finally at the Royal College of Music in London, where she received her diploma as associate of the Royal College of Music. She returned to Nottingham shortly afterward, where she taught signing and helped in her sister's school. Along with other members of her family, she Anglicized the spelling of her name at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. When she was forty, Fyleman sent her verses to Punch magazine and her first publication "There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden" appeared in May of 1917. The immense response from publishers prompted Fyleman to submit several other fairy poems. Her verses enjoyed tremendous success among readers and her first collection Fairies and Chimneys (1918) was reprinted more than twenty times over the next decade. During the 1920s and early 1930s Rose Fyleman published multiple verse collections, wrote drama for children, and for two years, edited the children's magazine Merry-Go-Round . Fyleman was also a skilled linguist who translated books from German, French and Italian. Rose Fyleman was one of the most successful children's writers of her generation and she saw much of her earlier poetry become proverbial. She died at a nursing home in Hertfordshire on 1 August, 1957.

• Opie, Iona. “Fyleman, Rose Amy (1877–1957).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
• Fyleman, Rose. The Sunny Book . Il. Millicent Sowerby. London: Oxford University Press, 1918.
• --. Fairies and Chimneys . London: Methuen, 1918; New York: Doran, 1920.
• --. The Fairy Green . London: Methuen, 1919; New York: Doran, 1923.
• --. The Fairy Flute . London: Methuen, 1921; New York: Doran, 1923.

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• --. A Small Cruse . Il. Katy Kruse. London: Methuen, 1923.
• --. The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book . New York: Doran, 1923.
• --. Fairies and Friends . London: Methuen, 1925; New York: Doran, 1926.
• --. The Rose Fyleman Calendar . Il. Lisl Hummel. London: Methuen, 1927.
• --. The Princess Comes to Our Town . Il. Gertrude Lindsay. London: Methuen, 1927; New York: Doubleday, 1928.
• --. Old-Fashioned Girls, and Other Poems .Il. Ethel Everett London: Methuen, 1928.
• --. A Garland of Rose's: Collected Poems of Poems Fyleman . Il. René Bull. London: Methuen, 1928.
• --. Gay Go Up . Il. Decie Merwin. London: Methuen, 1929; New York: Doubleday, 1930.
• --. Fifty-one New Nursery Rhymes . Il. Dorothy Burroughes. London: Methuen, 1931; New York: Doubleday, 1932.
• --. Runabout Rhymes . Il. Margaret Tempest. London: Methuen, 1941.
• --. Number Rhymes . Leeds, England: Arnold, 1946.
• --. Rhyme Book for Adam . London: Methuen, 1949.
• --. A Fairy Went A-Marketing . Il. Jamichael Henterly. New York: Dutton, 1986.

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A FAIRY went a-marketing She bought a little fish; She put it in a crystal bowl ...

I STOOD against the window And looked between the bars, And there were strings of fairies ...

I think mice Are rather nice. There tails are long, ...

As I was walking in the rain I met a fairy down a lane. We walked along the road together, I soon forgot about the weather. ...

THE air around was trembling-bright And full of dancing specks of light, While butterflies were dancing too Between the shining green and blue. ...

I LIKE to wear my party frock That Auntie bought in town, My patent shoes with shiny toes, ...

ALTHOUGH it has a jolly name Cat's cradle is a funny game I like to play it all the same. ...

BLIND folk see the fairies, Oh, better far than we, Who miss the shining of their wings Because our eyes are filled with things ...

THE tall princesses in the willow tree They move their lazy, lovely heads about, They wave their arms, their hair goes stream- ing out, ...

SLEEP, oh sleep, for the night is still ; The friendly moon peers over the hill ; Cradled soft on the bosom of night ...

BUNNY, bunny, smooth your fur, Wash your little face ; Dormouse, wake you up and stir ...

HIGH in the elm-trees sit the rooks, Or flit about with busy looks And solemn, ceaseless caws. ...

THE child next door has a wreath on her hat, Her afternoon frock sticks out like that, All soft and frilly; ...

THE fairies have never a penny to spend, They haven't a thing put by, But theirs is the dower of bird and of flower ...

DADDY goes a-riding in a motor painted grey, He makes a lot of snorty noise before he gets away ; The fairies go a-riding when they wish to take their ...

THE robin is the fairies' page; They keep him neatly dressed For country service or for town In dapper livery of brown ...

IF I were a bird with a dear little nest I should always be going for flights, I'd fly to the North and the South and the West ...

UPON the terrace where I play A little fountain sings all day A tiny tune; ...

To all kind folk who make delightful gar- dens Where we may live, Enjoying days and nights of busy leisure Amid devices fashioned for our pleasure, ...

EVERY fairy has a star Where all her tiny treasures are, And there her faithful gnome, As soon as she goes out at night ...

Rose Fyleman Biography

Rose Amy Fyleman (1877–1957) was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There are fairies at the bottom of our garden was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann. Her Christmas carol Lift your hidden faces, set to a French carol tune, was included in the Anglican hymnal Songs of Praise (1931) as well as in the Hutterian Brotherhood's Songs of Light (1977). Rose Fyleman was born in Nottingham on 6 March 1877, the third child of John Feilmann and his wife, Emilie, née Loewenstein, who was of Russian extraction. Her father was in the lace trade, and his Jewish family originated in 1860 from Jever in the historical state of Oldenburg, currently Lower Saxony, Germany. As a young girl, Fyleman was educated at a private school, and at the age of nine first saw one of her compositions published in a local paper. Although she entered University College, Nottingham, she failed in the intermediate and was thus unable to pursue her ambition of becoming a schoolteacher. Despite this, Fyleman had a good singing voice, and therefore decided to study music. She studied singing in Paris, Berlin and finally at the Royal College of Music in London, where she received her diploma as associate of the Royal College of Music. She returned to Nottingham shortly afterward, where she taught signing and helped in her sister's school. Along with other members of her family, she anglicized the spelling of her name at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. When she was forty, Fyleman sent her verses to Punch magazine and her first publication "There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden" appeared in May 1917. The immense response from publishers prompted Fyleman to submit several other fairy poems. Her verses enjoyed tremendous success among readers and her first collection Fairies and Chimneys (1918) was reprinted more than twenty times over the next decade. During the 1920s and early 1930s Rose Fyleman published multiple verse collections, wrote drama for children, and for two years, edited the children's magazine Merry-Go-Round. Fyleman was also a skilled linguist who translated books from German, French and Italian. Rose Fyleman was one of the most successful children's writers of her generation and she saw much of her earlier poetry become proverbial. She died at a nursing home in St. Albans, Hertfordshire on 1 August 1957.)

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A Fairy Went A-Marketing A FAIRY went a-marketing She bought a little fish; She put it in a crystal bowl Upon a golden dish. An hour she sat in wonderment And watched its silver gleam, And then she gently took it &p And slipped it in a stream. A fairy went a-marketing She bought a coloured bird; It sang the sweetest, shrillest song That ever she had heard. She sat beside its painted cage And listened half the day, And then she opened wide the door And let it fly away. A fairy went a-marketing She bought a winter gown All stitched about with gossamer And lined with thistledown. She wore it all the afternoon With prancing and delight, Then gave it to a little frog To keep him warm at night. A fairy went a-marketing She bought a gentle mouse To take her tiny messages, To keep her tiny house. All day she kept its busy feet Pit-patting to and fro, And then she kissed its silken ears, Thanked it, and let it go.

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Sheer Magic love them to bits! they remind me how to dream!

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Where is " The gnome with the scolding wife" ? I found this in one of my mother's school excercise books from 1931! It's a lesson for many of today's menfolk!

on witch witch, what pillows is the witch talking about?

When I was a new kindergarten teacher, on rainy days, my teacher mate would recite would Wouldn't It Be Lovely. She has passed away now, but I always think of her and the poem on rainy days.

I would love to find the poem I learnt as at about the age of 8 I see it daily as I pass a tiny ship in sparkling glass within a delicate crystal cas riding the waves with style and grace? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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• There are fairies at the bottom of our garden! It's not so very, very far away; You pass the gardner's shed and you just keep straight ahead -- I do so hope they've really come to stay.
• The King is very proud and very handsome; The Queen--now you can quess who that could be (She's a little girl all day, but at night she steals away)? Well -- it's Me!

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• Since ever and ever the world began They danced like a ribbon of flame, They have sung their song through the centuries long, And yet it is never the same. And though you be foolish or though you be wise, With hair of silver or gold, You can never be as young as the fairies are, And never be as old.

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• I think mice Are rather nice. Their tails are long, Their faces small, They haven't any Chins at all. Their ears are pink, Their teeth are white. They run about the house at night They nibble things they shouldn't touch, And no one seems to like them much.

But I think mice are nice.

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Rose Fyleman

Rose Fyleman was a prolific English writer whose publications include more than sixty volumes of fiction, poetry, and plays. Fyleman was born in 1877 in Nottingham, England. She attended University College in Nottingham, then undertook training for a career as an opera singer. Fyleman failed to find work in opera, but she nonetheless managed to obtain employment as a singer. Fyleman eventually began working as a schoolteacher. In this capacity, however, she found herself unable to readily supply her students with appropriate poems. She therefore began to generate her own poetry for use in her classroom. At the encouragement of a fellow teacher, Fyleman sent her poetry to Punch , which accepted her work for publication. In 1918 she published her first book, The Sunny Book , and in the last years of the decade she produced two more volumes, Fairies and Chimneys and The Fairy Green . During the 1920s Fyleman published further volumes of verse and fiction set in a fairyland free of gloom and danger. Fyleman also produced conventional stories for children. In the 1940s and 1950s, while she enjoyed further success with her collections of poetry and fiction about fairies, Fyleman continued to issue a range of works for children. Fyleman died in 1957. Source

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I wake in the morning early

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I poke out my head and I sit up in bed 

And I sing and I sing and I sing.

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Ash-tree, ash-tree, throw me, if you please, Throw me down a slender branch of russet-gold keys. I fear the gates of Fairyland may all be shut so fast That nothing but your magic keys will ever take me past. I'll tie them to my girdle, and as I go along My heart will find a comfort in the tinkle of their song.

​ Holly-bush, holly-bush, help me in my task, A pocketful of berries is all the alms I ask: A pocketful of berries to thread in golden strands (I would not go a-visiting with nothing in my hands). So fine will be the rosy chains, so gay, so glossy bright, They'll set the realms of Fairyland all dancing with delight.

I Don't Like Beetles

I DON'T like beetles, tho' I'm sure they're very good, I don't like porridge, tho' my Nanna says I should; I don't like the cistern in the attic where I play, And the funny noise the bath makes when the water runs away.

I don't like the feeling when my gloves are made of silk, And that dreadful slimy skinny stuff on top of hot milk; I don't like tigers, not even in a book, And, I know it's very naughty, but I don't like Cook!

I WISH I liked rice pudding, I wish I were a twin, I wish some day a real live fairy Would just come walking in.

I wish when I'm at table My feet would touch the floor, I wish our pipes would burst next winter, Just like they did next door.

I wish that I could whistle Real proper grown-up tunes, I wish they'd let me sweep the chimneys On rainy afternoons.

I've got such heaps of wishes, I've only said a few; I wish that I could wake some morning And find they'd all come true!

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