I was just nobody, you know,

And not a little girl at all...

But then—quite sudden—HER torn shawl

Came through the trees; I saw it gleam,

And SHE was near. Just like a dream

She looked at me. Her lovely hair

Was waving, waving everywhere,

And from her shawl—all tattery—

There blew the sweetest scents to me.

I didn't ask her who she was;