Faery
 
I met a little fairy once,
Down where the lilies blow.
I asked her why she was so small
And why she didn’t grow.
 
She slightly frowned, and with her eye
She looked me through and through.
"I’m quite as big for me," said she,
"As you are big for you."
 
Adapted from "The Little Elf" by John Kendrick Bangs