The Patchwork Quilt

Mrs Hearle says

"My favourite read was a book of poetry called "The Patchwork Quilt" and other poems. I adored reading it with my mum as a sat up in bed. She tells me now that it was a gift from an Aunt when I was about 6 and when I opened the present I was really disappointed, so she made a concerted effort to get me enjoying it. My favourite poem was about a water nymph and a goblin who fell in love with the nymph's "green glass beads on a silver ring". My mum used to do brilliant voices - all scraggy and evil for the goblin and beautiful and lilting for the nymph!"