I Heard a Flute by Ruth Gaines Lyrics

I heard a flute that sang unto the dawn,
The dawn dove-grey,
Until it flushed to swift desire the wan
White heart of day:

Until it brimmed the virgin-breasted hills
With golden fire,
And sang through all the azure-veined rills
Love's wild desire.

O child heart of the Dawn, who lay so mute
On Night's dark breast,
I saw you quicken to the shepherd flute
Of love's unrest;

I saw you ravished from your skyey sphere --
Fleet-foot you ran,
Down dryad paths you followed clear
The Flute of Pan.