THE DISTANT SWEETHEART
High is the mountain-top—
But there’s a lower peak.
Far away lives my love;
Nearer a girl’s to seek.
Oxen and cows hath she—
My love of far away,
Loveliness only holds;
Yet is she rich to-day.
Linen all bleached and white
Lies in my neighbour’s chest—
Ah, but an eyebrow black
Counts more than all the rest!
Fair maid so close to me,
What leagues are we apart—
Over the hills to thee
I come, I come, Sweetheart!