And when the moon enrapts the streams   And trembles on the fen   A thousand years have flown it seems   Since then   For if today I part the veil   And see what time portended   I feel that long ago the tale   Was ended      Little I knew in youth's enchantment   That it is alike absurd   Or to lean against a shadow   Or believe a woman's word   For if today I part the veil   And see what time portended   I feel that long ago the tale   Was ended      Though she once betrayed   Though empty words spoken   I wished she'd have stayed   Remain with a heart that's broken      For I no longer am confined   In that sweet country's spell   I have left you far behind   Farewell      Fair autumn still its breeze delays   Upon the springs that wail and sigh   And through the leaves the whisper strays   Of my sad dreams that now must die