Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea,
   A rivulet then a river:
No where by thee my steps shall be,
   For ever and for ever.

But here will sigh thine alder tree,
   And here thine aspen shiver;
And here by thee will hum the bee,
   For ever and for ever.

A thousand suns will stream on thee,
   A thousand moons will quiver;
But not by thee my steps shall be,
   For ever and for ever.