On earth save these, would all were done!
Forsooth, I knew it was not so,
But that fairer folk on earth did grow.
But fain and full is the heart in me
To know that folk are like to thee."
Then hand in hand they stood awhile
Till her tears rose up beneath his smile.
And he must fold her to his breast
To give her heart a while of rest.
Till sundered she and gazed about,