Trushbeard the King - Go Where People Sleep and See if They Are Safe lyrics

In the night she told a story In the night and all night through While the moon was in her glory And the branches dropped with dew Twas my life she told, and round it Rose the years as from a deep In the world's great heart she found it Cradled like a child asleep In the night I saw her weaving By the misty moonbeam cold All the weft her shuttle cleaving With a sacred thread of gold Ah, she wept me tears of sorrow Lulling tears so mystic sweet Then she wove my last to-morrow And ger web lay at my feet Of my life she mad the story I must weep So soon twas told But your name did lend it glory And your love its thread of gold