And a gown of dusky red.

“So this is how ye spend the days

Wi’ never a wind to freshen ye—

Climb up the hill wi’ me, my lad,

An’ look—see what’s beyond!”

She laughed wi’ me, and shared sweet bread,

And waved a willow wand.

By green moonlight we climbed the hill

And reached the top at morn,

And then she stood on tip-toe there