Invitation

O GIRL with honey-coloured hair, And will you come and dance with me ? The night is dark but you can spare Light from your eyes for both to see, And in the shade of trees divine Like a whirled torch your hair will shine. So dance apart and dance away ; The rest about the lanterns gather, But there is light for two to play In any place where we're together, And there is soft long grass and shadow Beneath the rick across the meadow. For love in darkness is at ease And likes no candle save the light Of kindled eyes and glowing tress And bodies luminous with delight. The rest about the candles stay : O dance away ! O come away !