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