More anxious I, on watch for thee,

Lest thou shouldst not come."

And occasionally the lover, flouted overmuch, retorts in kind.

"Don't blame me that eyes are wet,

For I only pay my debt.

I've taught you to cry and fret,

But first you taught me to forget."

"I'll not have you, Little Torment,

I don't want you, Little Witch.

Let your mother light four candles