NEVER seek to tell thy love,   Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move   Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,   I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.   Ah! she did depart!

Soon after she was gone from me,   A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly:   He took her with a sigh.