A ring of gold and a milk-white dove
Are goodly gifts for thee,
And a hempen rope for your own love
To hang upon a tree.
For you a House of Ivory,
Roses are white in the rose-bower!
A narrow bed for me to lie,
White, O white, is the hemlock flower!
Myrtle and jessamine for you,
O the red rose is fair to see!
For me the cypress and the rue,
Finest of all is rosemary!
For you three lovers of your hand,
Green grass where a man lies dead!
For me three paces on the sand,
Plant lilies at my head!
