“‘I set again two roses under a bush of yew—

O comrades, dearest comrades, I say my last adieu!

No roses shall I set more in this my native land—

O parents, brother, sister, comrades, give me once more your 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.

“‘And when I came to the dark fir-tree,[16]

An iron kettle my father gave me;