Put her vore-vinger up vor to meäke
Silence around lest sleepers mid weäke,
—in the night.
"Oh! then," I whisper'd, do I behold
—in the night.
Linda, my true-love, here in the cwold,
—in the night?"
"No," she meäde answer, "you do misteäke:
She is asleep, but I that do weäke,
Here be on watch, an' angel a-blest,