The Return of the Dead

Together they lived seven years and more;

_And were I only young again_!
And seven fair babes to him she bore--

_To honied words we list so fain_.

Then death arrived in luckless hour;

_And were I only young again_!
Then died the lovely lily flower--

_To honied words we list so fain_.

The Swayne he has crossed the salt sea way,

_And were I only young again_!
And he has wedded another may--

_To honied words we list so fain_.

And he that may to his home has brought;

_And were I only young again_!
But peevish was she, and with malice fraught--

_To