A Farewell

Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,

   Thy tribute wave deliver;

No more by thee my steps shall be,

   Forever and forever.

Flow, softly flow by lawn and lea,

   A rivulet then a river;

Nowhere by thee my steps shall be,

   Forever and forever.

But here will sigh thine alder tree

   And here thine aspen shiver;

And here by thee will hum the bee,

   Forever and forever.

A thousand suns will stream on thee,

   A thousand moons will quiver;

But not by thee my steps shall be,

   Forever and forever.