And they saw neither sun nor moon,
But they heard the roaring of the sea.
“Syne they came to a garden green,
And she pulled an apple from a tree:
‘Take this for thy wages, True Thomas;
It will give thee tongue that can never lee.’
“He has gotten a coat of the even cloth,
And a pair of shoes of velvet green,
And till seven years were past and gone
True Thomas on earth was never seen.”