May hang upon a maid's "heigho!"

When maiden loves, she mopes apart,

As owl mopes on a tree;

Although she keenly feels the smart,

She cannot tell what ails her heart,

With its sad "Ah me!"

'Tis but a foolish sigh—"Ah me!"

Born but to droop and die—"Ah me!"

Yet all the sense

Of eloquence