I would on my love set eyes,

Here I know her path-way lies.

Could I hope a kiss to earn,

Into weeks the days might turn;

Could I hope to win my dear,

Then each day might be a year!

XV.

Come, silvery moon, so silent and coy,

What does my brown sweetheart that dwells by the mere?

Say, was she not kissed by a flaxen-haired boy?