She stayed but a while

And in my heart she dwelt

The joy it brought to see her smile

And at her feet my heart it knelt

Until Fate, a cruel blow it dealt.

Her raven hair, her shadowed eyes

Let all the world of her beauty tell

A sylvan maid in human guise

'Till the bell it tolled its ugly knell

And joy of my soul it caused to quell.

Pain upon pain.  My love did

Die, and I, loveless and dark,

Retired from life and hoped to hide

Within myself and love no other, mark

Her, who now only the angels hark.