Response

When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes

The light dies out; my soul replies

With misery of deep drawn breath,

E'en as it were at war with death.

When Phyllis smiles, her glance beguiles

My heart through lovelit woodland aisles,

And through the silence high and clear,

A wooing warbler's song I hear.

But if she frown, despair comes down,

I put me on my sackcloth gown;

So frown not, Phyllis, lest I die,

But look on me with smile or sigh.