How much shall I love her?
For life, or not long?
Not long.
Alas! When forget her?
In years, or by June?
By June.
And whom woo I after?
No one, or a throng?
A throng.
Of these shall I wed one
Long hence, or quite soon?
Quite soon.
And which will my bride be?
The right or the wrong?
The wrong.
And my remedy what kind?
Wealth-wove, or earth-hewn?
Earth-hewn.
