Fairies—
Blush of the early morning
Heralds the coming day,
Heralds the beam of sunshine
Chasing the dark away.
Refrain —
Blushing, blushing,
Roses of deepest dye;
Flushing, flushing
Red as the sunlit sky.
Blushes those cheeks suffusing,
Cupid's enchantments prove;
Prove that the little archer
Whispers to you of love.
[Enter Paolo.]
Fairies—
Paolo here at last!
Where has he been in hiding?
He ought to be ashamed,
But we must not be chiding.
Paolo—
I'm glad to find you all so bright and gay,
Please, fairies, sing before you run away.
Fairy—
We've played so long, the hours of morn will pass
E're we can sip the dewdrops from the grass
And glean the jewels from the lily's cup.
The sunbeams now are gathering them up.
Then we must weave some garments for our queen.
No lighter gossamer was ever seen
Than spider web woven by fairy hands
To wear when dancing on the moonlit sands.
So now good-bye, we all must skip away;
(We'll take dear Cupid with us, if we may,
To catch the butterflies and paint their wings.)
We wish you all the joy that springtime brings,
[Fairies and Cupid Exit]