Heigho! &c.

Maria sought her couch to weep;

Till grief, exhausted, sank in sleep:

Heigho! &c.

When stood, her lonely pillow nigh,

A figure more than mortal high;

And cried—“Behold, my love, ’tis I”

Heigho! &c.

All solemnly the spirit said,

“Away with me unto the dead,”