VII + 

Time was, the breath of early dawn + 

Would agitate a mystic wreath + 

Hung on a pine branch earthward drawn + 

Above the humble urn of death. + 

Time was, two maidens from their home + 

At eventide would hither come, + 

And, by the light the moonbeams gave, + 

Lament, embrace upon that grave. + 

But now⁠—none heeds the monument + 

Of woe: effaced the pathway now: + 

There is no wreath upon the bough: + 

Alone beside it, gray and bent, + 

As formerly the shepherd sits + 

And his poor basten sandal knits. + 