Child's Daybreak

Young love may be mad and perilously sweet,

But don't lose yourself in it-you've faeries to greet.

Come-be merry and dance to the old, lofty tune

Say "Hello" to the man in the midsummer moon.

The mermaids and naiads sing from the streamside;

Their call is compelling, and can't be denied.

Sit with them all of the late afternoon

Say "Hello" to the man in the midsummer moon.

Some say love and childhood cannot coexist,

But they weren't read stories of magic and mist.

"They've not been in fields, near the pond with the loon,"

Soft says the man in the midsummer moon.

Innocence and wonder are quite necessary

For they are the keys to the kingdom of Faery.

Open is the door carved with symbol and rune;

"Come in!" shouts the man in the midsummer moon.

Both of you may enter, and stay for a while;

Stroll around-meet the cat with the luminous smile!

Enter, and claim part of Elfland's great boon,

Converse with the man in the midsummer moon.

Discover a glade, and there caper with fauns,

Or sit and trade ballads with a gnarled luchorpan.

Dance on the hilltop that with flowers is strewn

Say "Hello" to the man in the midsummer moon.

One's last chat with a troll should not even come

'Till the eyes become sightless, and lips are struck dumb.

"Time is a gift that runs out all too soon,

But not here!" says the man in the midsummer moon.

Stay, then, in this land of constant rebirth

And beauty unrivalled by any on earth.

And your hearts, they will soar on the wings of the loon;

Say "Hello" to the man in the midsummer moon.