Clouds of darkness close Thee round.
3rd Bard. Spirit who no birth has known,
Springing from Thyself alone,
We thy living emblem show
In the mystic mistletoe,
Springs and grows without a root,
Yields without flowers its fruit;
Seeks from earth no mother’s care,
Lives and blooms the child of air.
4th Bard. Thou dost Thy mystic circle trace