We looked at the leaves, we looked at the sky;

We looked at the brook which bubbled near by,—

Yes! bubbled near by,

Through the quiet meadow.

A bird sang on the swinging vine,—

Yes! on the vine,—

And then,—sang not;

I took your little white hand in mine;

’Twas April; ’twas Sunday; ’twas warm sunshine,—

Yes! warm sunshine: