B Am B
Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
D Am Em D
Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
B Am B
Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font.
Am D Em
The firefly wakens; waken thou with me.
[Chorus]
Em Dm E
Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,
E Dm E
And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.
E Dm E
Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,
E Dm C
And all thy heart lies open unto me.
[Bridge]
Am G Am
Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves
C G F E Am
A shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me.
[Verse 2]
B Am B
Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,
Dm Am Em D
And slips into the bosom of the lake.
B F E
So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip
Gm E
Into my bosom and be lost in me.
