text: Cicely Mary Barker - Flower Fairy Alphabet ~ Golden King of marsh and swamp, Reigning in your springtime pomp, Hear the little elves you've found Trespassing on royal ground:- "Please, your Kingship, we were told Of your shinning cups of gold; So we came here, just to see - Not to rob your Majesty!" Golden Kingcup, well I know You will smile and let them go! Yet let human folk beware How they thieve and trespass there: Kingcup-laden, they may lose In the swamp their boots and shoes!