SONG BY MAETERLINCK.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf and Maude, Aylmer
When he went away,
(Then I heard the door)
When he went away,
On her lips a smile there lay ...
Back he came to her,
(Then I heard the lamp)
Back he came to her,
Someone else was there ...
It was death I met,
(And I heard her soul)
It was death I met,
For her he’s waiting yet ...
Someone came to say,
(Child, I am afraid)
Someone came to say
That he would go away ...
With my lamp alight,
(Child, I am afraid)
With my lamp alight,
Approached I in affright ...
To one door I came,
(Child, I am afraid)
To one door I came,
A shudder shook the flame ...
At the second door,
(Child, I am afraid)
At the second door
Forth words the flame did pour ...
To the third I came,
(Child, I am afraid)
To the third I came,
Then died the little flame ...
Should he one day return
Then what shall we say?
Waiting, tell him, one
And dying for him lay ...
If he asks for you,
Say what answer then?
Give him my gold ring
And answer not a thing ...