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O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches! / Green not alone in summer time, / But in the winter's frost and rime! / O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!
O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom! / To love me in prosperity, / And leave me in adversity! / O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom!
The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example! / So long as summer laughs she sings, / But in the autumn spreads her wings. / The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example!
The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood! / It flows so long as falls the rain, / In drought its springs soon dry again. / The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood!