. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas . ; tan-colored stockings andboots. These dresses may be varied according to individualtaste. All the lesser fairies are not indispensable. The BrokenDolls, if unable to sing, may make jerky motions, the chorusgiving the words. The Lost Toys may represent a Juiuping-jaek, a Ninepin, a Kite. The dancing is to be done like QueenElizabeths—high and disposedly, but with abandon. A band of Fairies come dancing on the green in oppositedirections, each keeping to the right after passing, thus circling ina ring, led by the Night-moth and the Rose-sprite, who pr
. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas . ; tan-colored stockings andboots. These dresses may be varied according to individualtaste. All the lesser fairies are not indispensable. The BrokenDolls, if unable to sing, may make jerky motions, the chorusgiving the words. The Lost Toys may represent a Juiuping-jaek, a Ninepin, a Kite. The dancing is to be done like QueenElizabeths—high and disposedly, but with abandon. A band of Fairies come dancing on the green in oppositedirections, each keeping to the right after passing, thus circling ina ring, led by the Night-moth and the Rose-sprite, who presentlywithdraw inside the ring, still singing while the others dance. CHORUS. (No. 1.) Air: We are dainty little fairies/— 1, Act I. (Repeat the first part of the tune for the lastverse.) 204 ST. NICHOLAS PLAYS AND OPERETTAS Are we flowers or fairy people, always springing, al-ways singing ? When the sun forsakes the steeple, when the eveningbreezes fan, Look across the last ray slanting, purple mist youreyes enchanting;. THE KOSE-SPRITE. Are we flowers or fairy people ? You may answer, ifyou can! Many a night-moth flits before us; gayest laughter follows after. [Laughter behind the scenes. Bees belated blunder oer us; whippoorwills sendwarning cries. THE CHANGELING 205 When you hear our airy whistles, down that s Mow-ing oft from thistles, [Whistlesbehind tin- srni<-s. You may deem us, you may dream us—but the sunsets in your eyes ! From the roses faint and heavy, softly stooping. swiftly trooping,From the brambles in a bevy, from the blossoms, from the bells, Whether it is pansies springing, whether it is blur-birds winging, Or canary-bird flowers singing, is a thing whitemagic tells! [The fairies are still dancing when the Rose-sprite separates from them, conies forward,and sings. ROSE-SPRITE. (No. 2.) Air : She wore a rose in her hair. -George Osgood. All day I slept in the rose, And I hardly know myself -So sweet is the breath that blows - If I be fl
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