Wer a nook, all dark but lew,

By a bank, arisèn steeply,

Not to let the win' come drough.

Should my love goo out, a-showèn

All her smiles, in open light;

Or, in lewth, wi' wind a-blowèn,

Staÿ in darkness, dim to zight?

Staÿ in sheäde o' bank or wallèn,

In the warmth, if not in light;

Words alwone vrom her a-vallèn,