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<h2> LADY BUTTON-EYES </h2>
<p>When the busy day is done,<br/>
And my weary little one<br/>
Rocketh gently to and fro;<br/>
When the night winds softly blow,<br/>
And the crickets in the glen<br/>
Chirp and chirp and chirp again;<br/>
When upon the haunted green<br/>
Fairies dance around their queen—<br/>
Then from yonder misty skies<br/>
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.<br/>
Through the murk and mist and gloam<br/>
To our quiet, cozy home,<br/>
Where to singing, sweet and low,<br/>
Rocks a cradle to and fro;<br/>
Where the clock's dull monotone<br/>
Telleth of the day that's done;<br/>
Where the moonbeams hover o'er<br/>
Playthings sleeping on the floor—<br/>
Where my weary wee one lies<br/>
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.<br/>
Cometh like a fleeting ghost<br/>
From some distant eerie coast;<br/>
Never footfall can you hear<br/>
As that spirit fareth near—<br/>
Never whisper, never word<br/>
From that shadow-queen is heard.<br/>
In ethereal raiment dight,<br/>
From the realm of fay and sprite<br/>
In the depth of yonder skies<br/>
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.<br/>
Layeth she her hands upon<br/>
My dear weary little one,<br/>
And those white hands overspread<br/>
Like a veil the curly head,<br/>
Seem to fondle and caress<br/>
Every little silken tress;<br/>
Then she smooths the eyelids down<br/>
Over those two eyes of brown—<br/>
In such soothing, tender wise<br/>
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.<br/>
Dearest, feel upon your brow<br/>
That caressing magic now;<br/>
For the crickets in the glen<br/>
Chirp and chirp and chirp again,<br/>
While upon the haunted green<br/>
Fairies dance around their queen,<br/>
And the moonbeams hover o'er<br/>
Playthings sleeping on the floor—<br/>
Hush, my sweet! from yonder skies<br/>
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes!<br/></p>
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