'The tall pine on the mountain's side,

By lightning struck, falls in its pride,

My call thou must obey!'

I am a maiden--beauteous, young,

Wouldst hide me in the tomb?

'Thou, for this world, art all too fair,

The bright rose never withers where

Thou soon again shalt bloom!'

So soon, a hero canst thou snatch

From glory's high career?