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A moonbeam floateth from the skies, / Whispering, "Heigho, my dearie! / I would spin a web before your eyes, -- / A beautiful web of silver light, / Wherein is many a wondrous sight / Of a radiant garden leagues away, / Where the softly tinkling lilies sway, / And the snow-white lambkins are at play, -- / Heigho, my dearie!"
A brownie stealeth from the vine / Singing, "Heigho, my dearie! / And will you hear this song of mine, -- / A song of the land of murk and mist / Where bideth the bud the dew hath kist? / Then let the moonbeam's web of light / Be spun before thee silvery white, / And I shall sing the livelong night, -- / Heigho, my dearie!"
The night wind speedeth from the sea, / Murmuring, "Heigho, my dearie! / I bring a mariner's prayer for thee; / So let the moonbeam veil thine eyes, / And the brownie sing thee lullabies; / But I shall rock thee to and fro, / Kissing the brow _he_ loveth so, / And the prayer shall guard thy bed, I trow, -- / Heigho, my dearie! "