WIFE TO HUSBAND.
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The cock has ceased to crow, the hen to cluck:
Only the fox is out, some heedless luck
Or chicken to surprise.
Only the fox is out, some heedless luck
Or chicken to surprise.
Remote, each single star
Comes out, till there they are
All shining brightly: how the dews fall damp!
While close at hand the glow-worm lights her lamp,
Or twinkles from afar.
Comes out, till there they are
All shining brightly: how the dews fall damp!
While close at hand the glow-worm lights her lamp,
Or twinkles from afar.
But evening now is done
As much as if the sun
Day-giving had arisen in the East:
For night has come; and the great calm has ceased,
The quiet sands have run.
As much as if the sun
Day-giving had arisen in the East:
For night has come; and the great calm has ceased,
The quiet sands have run.
WIFE TO HUSBAND.
PARDON the faults in me,
For the love of years ago;
Good-bye.
I must drift across the sea,
I must sink into the snow,
I must die.
For the love of years ago;
Good-bye.
I must drift across the sea,
I must sink into the snow,
I must die.
You can bask in this sun,
You can drink wine, and eat
Good-bye.
You can drink wine, and eat
Good-bye.
