"It is evening, evening," sang the blackbird,

"Let her in! let her in!"

"Yes I have seen the wounds,

And I know my sin."

"She knows it well, well, well," sang the

blackbird,

"Let her in! let her in!"

"Thou bringest no offerings," said Michael,

"Nought save sin.''

And the blackbird sang, "She is sorry, sorry,