And the fire was slowly dying,

As a young man, walking lightly,

At the open doorway entered.

Red with blood of youth his cheeks were,

Soft his eyes, as stars in Spring-time,

Bound his forehead was with grasses;

Bound and plumed with scented grasses,

On his lips a smile of beauty,

Filling all the lodge with sunshine,

In his hand a bunch of blossoms