I went down to Hidden Wood,
Because a fire burned in my head.
I plucked a leaf, a silver strand
To call a lover to my bed.
The ring of green I walked around,
An Even-Ash leaf in my hand.
An Even-Ash leaf in my hand,
The first I see will be my man.
A voice called out from lips unseen
'Dare you to haunt our hallowed ground?
None but but Faeries here are seen'
He came by chance, but me he found.
There we danced the Masque of Sighs,
While bare trees glittered near the sky.
Bare trees glittered near the sky,
The Blue Moon seen as white moths fly.
Hare on a mountain, running in snow,
Hawk flies down to the valley below.
Night in the forest, Deep in the trees;
Crackling twig and rustling leaf.
Shadow in the darkness picking up stones,
Breaking earth and breaking bones.
Breaking them with just her eyes,
She has no use for knives.
Down and Deep
Wake and Sleep
Burning fast and burning deep.
Burn like the stars in the blackened sky,
And breath the silence of the night.
Skyclad dance in woods and caves;
On dusty plain and mountain bare.
Haunts the cells of ancient graves
And leavesd the moonlight shing there...