Of cool sweet dew and radiant smile
The moon a web of silence weaves
In the still garden where a child
Gathers the simple salad leaves
A moon-dew stars her hanging hair
And moonlight kisses her young brow
And gathering, she sings an air
Where'er the wave is, there art thou
Be mine, I pray, a waxing ear
To shield me from her childish croon
And mine a shielded heart for her
Who gathers simples of the moon
Of cool sweet dew and radiant smile
The moon a web of silence weaves
In the still garden where a child
Gathers the simple salad leaves