They are not here—they are not here.

In this cold sky, in this lone isle,

I meet no friends, no mother's smile.

I list the wind, I list the wave;

They seem like requiems, round the grave,

And all my heart's young joys are gone;

It is alone—it is alone.

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FEMALE SONG.

My love is a hunter—he hunts the fleet deer,