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Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love.

Is it where the flow'r of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance thro' the myrtle boughs?

And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him.

Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw.

The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.

Now, motionless and dark, eluded search Self-shrouded: and anon, starring the sky, Rose like a shower of fire.

Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.