VIII + 

“Now wherefore, thus, by day and night, + 

In rain, in tempest, and in snow, + 

Thus to the dreary mountaintop + 

Does this poor Woman go? + 

And why sits she beside the Thorn + 

When the blue day-light’s in the sky, + 

Or when the whirlwind’s on the hill, + 

Or frosty air is keen and still, + 

And wherefore does she cry?⁠— + 

Oh wherefore? wherefore? tell me why + 

Does she repeat that doleful cry?” + 