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| ALL the morn a spirit gay | |
| Breathes within my heart a rhyme, | |
| ’Tis but hide and seek we play | |
| In and out the courts of time. | |
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| Fairy lover, when my feet | 5 |
| Through the tangled woodland go, | |
| ’Tis thy sunny fingers fleet | |
| Fleck the fire dews to and fro. | |
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| In the moonlight grows a smile | |
| Mid its rays of dusty pearl— | 10 |
| ’Tis but hide and seek the while, | |
| As some frolic boy and girl. | |
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| When I fade into the deep | |
| Some mysterious radiance showers | |
| From the jewel-heart of sleep | 15 |
| Through the veil of darkened hours. | |
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| Where the ring of twilight gleams | |
| Round the sanctuary wrought, | |
| Whispers haunt me—in my dreams | |
| We are one yet know it not. | 20 |
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| Some for beauty follow long | |
| Flying traces; some there be | |
| Seek thee only for a song: | |
| I to lose myself in thee. | |
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