And when the moon enrapts the streams
And trembles on the fen
A thousand years have flown it seems

Since then
For if today i part the veil
And see what time portended

I feel that long ago the tale
Was ended


Little i knew in youth's enchantment
That it is alike absurd
Or to lean against a shadow

Or believe a woman's word
For if today i part the veil
And see what time portended

I feel that long ago the tale
Was ended


Though she once betrayed
Though empty words spoken
I wished she'd have stayed

Remain with a heart that's broken

For i no longer am confined

In that sweet country's spell
I have left you far behind
Farewell


Fair autumn still its breeze delays
Upon the springs that wail and sigh

And through the leaves the whisper strays
Of my sad dreams that now must die