This little poem by Lucy Fitch Perkins is entitled "The Winter Queen" and was originally published in the December 1904 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine. I believe the illustration that accompanied the poem was also drawn by Mrs. Perkins, based on the signature of the artist in the bottom right corner. The two short stanzas read:
In her robe of filmy lace,
With her shining crown and her cloak of down
And her gentle dreaming face?
The flowers love her, for a snow-white cover
To keep them warm she brings.
She tucks them around, with a crooning sound,
And they fall asleep as she sings.
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