Alter Ego

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.