When to return?—when the black crow

Bears on his wing plumes white as snow.

“‘I set two roses in my brother’s land—

O brother, dearest brother, give me again thy hand!

I set two roses in my sister’s land—

O sister, dearest sister, give me again thy hand!

I must away, I must be gone;

When to return, God knows alone!

When to return?—when the black crow

Bears on his wing plumes white as snow.