Page 46 - Adventures in shadow-land

l* When my punishment for losing it is over.
To-morrow we must leave this place, for after this

moon the moss will be gone.”
“ You know where to go, then?”
“ No; I can only follow you. I have no power

here; you will have to take care of me.”
And then Aster began to sing, and this was

the song which he sung *

Till my flower bfoifen ag^in,
W e may seek, yet seek in vain.
TiU 'tia plucked by Eva’s hand,
W e must roam through Shadovr-Land.

Only this does Aster know,
Through hard trials lie must g o ;
Eva's hand must guide him on
Till tiis flower again be won.

She must wander far and near,
Led by songs he may not hear;
Should she lose me from her hand,
Worse m y fate in Shadovr-Land,

Then Aster threw himseif down on the soft
moss at Eva's feet. But when she asked him
where he had learned the words of his song, he