The stars they wept upon the stone Where a maiden walked alone Night had rocked all else to sleep The mountains and the ocean deep
She held a feather to her lips And blew it gently with a kiss The zephyrs took that feather high In a winding spiral to the sky
Her voice it sang so clear That the moon shed a silver tear That bathed the feather in its light As a haunting melody stirred the night
The black night faded as dawn awoke And that sweet voice no longer spoke The maiden turned in a flurry of white And a thousand feathers began their flight