And nigh to it hazels three.

And oft when the purple twilight comes,

And the blind bats flit in the air,

I wander down from the quiet hills

To seek my sweetheart there.

But she comes never—she loves not me,

Nor ever will love, I hold;

For tho’ my heart is a peat of fire,

Her heart is a-cold!

[I HEARD A PIPER PIPING]