Alas, and alas! When it came to pass

That the bud to a flower was grown,

It was pallid and green,—no blossom so mean

In the country side was known.

XIX.

Then angrily hurried the elder son,

And hustled his up by the root;

And it gave out a sound, as it left the ground,

Like the shriek of a fairy flute.

XX.