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AIR. [Now, at Moonlight's fairy hour]

1 Now, at Moonlight's fairy hour,
2 When faintly gleams each dewy steep,
3 And vale and Mountain, lake and bow'r,
4 In solitary grandeur sleep;
5 When slowly sinks the evening breeze,
6 That lulls the mind in pensive care,
7 And Fancy loftier visions sees,
8 Bid Music wake the silent air.
9 Bid the merry, merry tabor sound,
10 And with the Fays of lawn or glade,
11 In tripping circlet beat the ground,
12 Under the high trees' trembling shade.
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13 "Now, at Moonlight's fairy hour,"
14 Shall Music breathe her dulcet voice,
15 And o'er the waves, with magic pow'r,
16 Call on Echo to rejoice.

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Title (in Source Edition): AIR. [Now, at Moonlight's fairy hour]
Author: Ann Radcliffe (née Ward)
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Genres: song

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Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823. The Poems of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. London: printed by and for J. Smith, Princes Street, 1816, pp. 42-43. 118p. [Radcliffe's poems only, pp. 1-95] (Page images digitized from a copy held at the National Library of the Netherlands.)

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