Lady Button-Eyes

WHENAnd mytheweary busyday littleisone done, Rocketh gently to and fro ; When the night winds softly blow, And the crickets in the glen Chirp and chirp and chirp again; When upon the haunted green Fairies dance around their queenThen from yonder misty skies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Through the murk and mist and gloam To our quiet, cosy home, Where to singing, sweet and low, Rocks a cradle to and fro ; Where the clock's dull monotone Telleth of the day that's done; LADY BUTTON- EYES Where the moonbeams hover o'er Playthings sleeping on the floor- Where my weary wee one lies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Cometh like a fleeting ghost From some distant eerie coast; Never footfall can you hear As that spirit fareth nearNever whisper, never word From that shadow-queen is heard. In ethereal raiment dight, From the realm of fay and sprite In the depth of yonder skies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Layeth she her hands upon My dear weary little one, And those white hands overspread Like a veil the curly head, Seem to fondle and caress Every little silken tress ; Then she smooths the eyelids down Over those two eyes of brown- In such soothing, tender wise Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Dearest, feel upon your brow That caressing magic now; For the crickets in the glen Chirp and chirp and chirp again, While upon the haunted green Fairies dance around their queen, THE ROCK-A- BY LADY And the moonbeams hover o'er Playthings sleeping on the floor- Hush, my sweet! from yonder skies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes !