ALL the morn a spirit gay <br />Breathes within my heart a rhyme, <br />'Tis but hide and seek we play <br />In and out the courts of time. <br /> <br /> <br />Fairy lover, when my feet <br />Through the tangled woodland go, <br />'Tis thy sunny fingers fleet <br />Fleck the fire dews to and fro. <br /> <br /> <br />In the moonlight grows a smile <br />Mid its rays of dusty pearl— <br />'Tis but hide and seek the while, <br />As some frolic boy and girl. <br /> <br /> <br />When I fade into the deep <br />Some mysterious radiance showers <br />From the jewel-heart of sleep <br />Through the veil of darkened hours. <br /> <br /> <br />Where the ring of twilight gleams <br />Round the sanctuary wrought, <br />Whispers haunt me—in my dreams <br />We are one yet know it not. <br /> <br /> <br />Some for beauty follow long <br />Flying traces; some there be <br />Seek thee only for a song: <br />I to lose myself in thee.<br /><br />George William Russell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alter-ego-14/
