Fairy dawn

Fairies and Elves!

Gone is the night,

Shadows grow thin,

Branches are stirr'd;

Rouse up yourselves,

Sing to the light,

Fairies, begin, --

There goes a bird!

For dreams are now fading,

Old thoughts in new morning;

Dull spectres and goblins

To dungeon must fly.

The starry night changeth,

Its low stars are setting,

Its lofty stars dwindle

And hide in the sky.

Fairies, awake!

Light on the hills!

Blossom and grass

Tremble with dew;

Gambols the snake,

Merry bird shrills,

Honey-bees pass,

Morning is new.

Pure joy of the cloudlets,

All rippled in crimson!

Afar over world's edge

The night-fear is roll'd;

O look how the Great One

Uplifts himself kingly;

At once the wide morning

Is flooded with gold!

Fairies, arouse!

Mix with your song

Harplet and pipe,

Thrilling and clear.

Swarm on the boughs!

Chant in a throng!

Morning is ripe,

Waiting to hear.

The merle and the skylark

Will hush for our chorus,

Quick wavelets of music,

Begin them anon!

Good-luck comes to all things

That hear us and hearken, --

Our myriads of voices

Commingling in one.

Golden, golden

Light unfolding,

Busily, merrily, work and play,

In flowery meadows,

And forest-shadows,

All the length of a summer day!

Sprightly, lightly,

Sing we rightly!

Moments brightly hurry away!

Fruit-tree blossoms,

And roses' bosoms, --

Clear blue sky of a summer day!

Dear blue sky of a summer day!

Springlets, brooklets,

Greeny nooklets,

Hill and valley, and salt-sea spray!

Comrade rovers,

Fairy lovers, --

All the length of a summer day!

All the livelong summer day!