O Hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches! <br />Green not alone in summer time, <br />But in the winter's frost and rime! <br />O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches! <br /> <br />O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom! <br />To love me in prosperity, <br />And leave me in adversity! <br />O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom! <br /> <br />The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example! <br />So long as summer laughs she sings, <br />But in the autumn spreads her wings! <br />The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example! <br /> <br />The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirroro f thy falsehood! <br />It flows so long as falls the rain, <br />In drought its springs soon dry again. <br />The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood!<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-hemlock-tree-from-the-german/
