“Oi! Daughter mine! Fear’s on my heart;

Ill liest thou on thy bed?

For lo! thy lovely Malva flower

Is withered all and dead.”

Not one day was I lying sick,

Not one day, not one hour—

Unfaithful was the man I wed,

And I am in his power.

A GIRL’S SONG

What is the use of my black eyebrow,