It was a piteous parting,
if ever there was one.
And so away they bore her;
she could not go alone,
For in a swoon and senseless
that noble wife lay low;
Her life, for weal appointed,
was well-nigh lost in woe.
It was a piteous parting,
if ever there was one.
And so away they bore her;
she could not go alone,
For in a swoon and senseless
that noble wife lay low;
Her life, for weal appointed,
was well-nigh lost in woe.