  Methinks from the hedge round the garden His bride the fair hemp hath ta'en, And woven the fleecy raiment That ne'er he threw off him again. For toilsome the journey he journeyed To serve his liege and lord, Till the single belt that encircled him Was changed to a thrice-wound cord; And now, methinks, he was faring Back home to the country-side, With thoughts all full of his father, Of his mother, and of his bride. But here 'mid the eastern mountains, Where the awful pass climbs their brow, He halts on his onward journey And builds him a dwelling low; And here he lies stark in his garments, Dishevelled his raven hair, And ne'er can he tell me his birthplace, Nor the name that he erst did bear. Sakimaro. |
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