The works o' man do rise an' vall;

An' trees the toddlèn child do vind

At vu'st, an' leäve at last behind;

I wish that you could now unvwold

The peace an' jäy o' times o' wold;

An' tell, when death do still my tongue,

O' happy days when I wer young.

Vrom where wer all this venom brought,

To kill our hope an' taïnt our thought?

Clear brook! thy water coulden bring