Sorrow is my bread
And tears I drink as wine
Oblivion my happiness

Ground under teeth of time

For cold be the stone

When frost ve devoured the land
Consolation is no gift
Of winter's icy hand


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Upon a crust of snow

I'll lay my broken frame
What steel and iron won't take
I'll give in winter's name

No good a sullen sout no use a simple knave
No groom for brides of plaited hair
This man old and lame


If only I could breathe
To see the sun of may

but still longer are the nigths than days
As I wither away


Came the man of crown
With sound of war drums beat
Said no sword arm's strong enough

Without my two good feet

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But not overlooked am I
In eyes of the maid I'll wed

I'll reap the crops of