Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)

by contessa Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

And fall on thee alway.

—If thou wilt be the falling dew,

And fall on me alway,

Then I will be the white, white rose

On yonder thorny spray.

—If thou wilt be the white, white rose

On yonder thorny spray,

Then I will be the honey bee,

And kiss thee all the day.

—If thou wilt be the honey bee,