Set me free and let me fly

Follow the brook and let me lie

Beneath the oak on ground so soft,

Where dew never dries, beneath the moss.

Let me sleep for a thousand years

Do not wake me, nor shed any tears

But let me at peace with nature be

And listen to earth's sweet harmony.

And when in years you join me there

We'll spend the time without a care

We'll sit within the dappled shade

Of the willow, and in the glade

We'll dance until the night is done

And yet again the sun has come.