Elizabeth Madox Roberts Home Poems Poets Elizabeth Madox Roberts Poems Firefly by Elizabeth Madox Roberts A little light is going by, Is going up to see the sky, Horse by Elizabeth Madox Roberts His bridle hung around the post. The sun and the leaves made spots come down; The Woodpecker by Elizabeth Madox Roberts The woodpecker pecked out a little round hole And made him a house in the telephone pole. At the Water by Elizabeth Madox Roberts I liked to go to the branch today; I liked to play with the wiggletails there. The People by Elizabeth Madox Roberts The ants are walking under the ground, And the pigeons are flying over the steeple,