"The strand is this, the sea is this,

The grey bent and the mountains grey;

But no mound here his grave-mound is;

Where have they borne my love away?"

"What man is this with shield and spear

Comes riding down the bent to us?

A goodly man forsooth he were

But for his visage piteous."

"Ghost of my love, so kind of yore,

Art thou not somewhat gladder grown