And deem he tarrieth overlong.

There summer-tide is waiting now

Until he bids the roses blow.

Come, tell my flowery fields," she said,

"How I have drawn thee from the dead."

Whither away to win good cheer?

"With me," he said, "for my love is here.

The wealth of my house it waneth not;

No gift it giveth is forgot.

No fear my house may enter in,