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A Folk Song

Born 12/15/1864


I came to your town, my love,
         And you were away, away!
I said "She is with the Queen's maidens:
         They tarry long at their play.
They are stringing her words like pearls
To throw to the dukes and earls."
         But O, the pity!
I had but a morn of windy red
To come to the town where you were bred,
         And you were away, away!

I came to your town, my love,
         And you were away, away!
I said, "She is with the mountain elves
         And misty and fair as they.
They are spinning a diamond net
To cover her curls of jet."
         But O, the pity!
I had but a noon of searing heat
To come to your town, my love, my sweet,
         And you were away, away!

I came to your town, my love,
         And you were away, away!
I said, "She is with the pale white saints,
         And they tarry long to pray.
They give her a white lily-crown,
And I fear she will never come down."
         But O, the pity!
I had but an even grey and wan
To come to your town and plead as man,
         And you were away, away!


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