| Robert Graves (1895–1985). Fairies and Fusiliers. 1918. |
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| 26. Double Red Daisies |
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| DOUBLE red daisies, they’re my flowers, | |
| Which nobody else may grow. | |
| In a big quarrelsome house like ours | |
| They try it sometimes—but no, | |
| I root them up because they’re my flowers, | 5 |
| Which nobody else may grow. | |
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| Claire has a tea-rose, but she didn’t plant it; | |
| Ben has an iris, but I don’t want it. | |
| Daisies, double red daisies for me, | |
| The beautifulest flowers in the garden. | 10 |
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| Double red daisy, that’s my mark: | |
| I paint it in all my books! | |
| It’s carved high up on the beech-tree bark, | |
| How neat and lovely it looks! | |
| So don’t forget that it’s my trade mark; | 15 |
| Don’t copy it in your books. | |
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| Claire has a tea-rose, but she didn’t plant it; | |
| Ben has an iris, but I don’t want it. | |
| Daisies, double red daisies for me, | |
| The beautifulest flowers in the garden. | 20 |
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