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FIRST VOICE.
I in the morning flutter
Over the dew-lit flowers,
Light in the morning flutter
Around the rosy bowers.
Gay as the mavis singing
Among the dew-lit flowers,
You hear my clear voice ringing
Out of the rosy bowers,
Out of the rosy bowers,
Around the rosy bowers,—
You hear my clear voice ringing
Around the rosy bowers.

SECOND VOICE.
I, when the night is still,
Over the ocean glide,
Or round the silent hill,
Upon the moonbeam ride.
When all is dark and lone,
From deep and winding dell
You hear my magic tone,
Like the distant mermaid's shell.
From winding dell
You hear it swell,
Far, then near, like the mermaid's shell.

BOTH.
We are two sister peris,
Floating in light along,
Dancing at night with the fairies,
Joining the lark in his song.
We come and go,
Like the sea in its flow,
And soft as the snow,
As it falls on the river,
Steal to the heart,
And are gone for ever.
Sister spirits are we,
From the heaven of song descending;
Our feelings and tones agree,
In harmony ever blending.