And always likely!—Oh, if I could ride

With my head held high-serene against the sky

Do you think I’d have a creature like you at my side

With your gloom and your doubt that you love me?

O darling rye,

How I adore you for your simple pride!

And those bright fireflies wafting in between

And over the swaying cornstalks, just above

All their dark-feathered helmets, like little green

Stars come low and wandering here for love