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SONG OF THE SHADOW-ELVES
All about the garden,
All about the garden,
All about the garden
The silent shadows creep.
All about the garden,
All about the garden
The silent shadows creep.
In and out the roses,
In and out the roses,
In and out the roses
The morning shadows creep.
In and out the roses,
In and out the roses
The morning shadows creep.
Close around the dial,
Close around the dial,
Close around the dial
The noonday shadows creep.
Close around the dial,
Close around the dial
The noonday shadows creep.
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Far across to fayland,
Far across to fayland,
Far across to fayland
The sunset shadows creep.
Far across to fayland,
Far across to fayland
The sunset shadows creep.
All in one great shadow,
All in one great shadow,
All in one great shadow
The midnight shadows sleep.
[As they sing Aurora passes on and disappears.]
All in one great shadow,
All in one great shadow
The midnight shadows sleep.
[Enter a Mortal Youth, delicately dressed: he stretches himself on a green bank languidly, and muses.]
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