Grant all my wishes, mine if thou wilt aid."

But she turned from me with dark sullen cheer

And "Never!" as she turned, was all she said.

III.

I saw my Fortune midst the sounding sea

Sit weeping on a rocky height and steep,

Said I to her, "Fortune, how is't with thee?"

"I cannot help thee, child" (so answered she),

"I cannot help thee more—so must I weep."

How sweet were those her tears, how sweet, ah me!