Venus Looking-Glass

As Sophie sat upon the ground,
Venus Looking-Glass turned around.
Her petals, blue or white, did say
"Hello" to you, this summer's day.

And when she preened herself so proud,
Her friends and family, said out loud,
"You are the prettiest bloom we've seen,
Of all wild flowers, you are the queen".

But though her name, suggested a mirror,
No fairy folk could see themselves in her.
And they in fact, did say to her,
"Your name is spurious, we don't defer".

And when Venus learnt, they did not respect her,
She wished and wished to be a glassy mirror.
But sadly all she had was a name,
Which fairies thought a silly game.

So when she came to a watery pond,
Bedecked with buttercup and ferny fronds,
She saw herself upon its surface,
And knew she needed no other purpose.

She was the queen of all the flowers,
That lived and breathed 'neath starry bowers,
For she was truly the mirror of heaven,
And fairy folk just dwarves of Devon.