Dolcino To Margaret

The world goes up and the world goes down,

And the sunshine follows the rain;

And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown

Can never come over again,

Sweet wife:

No, never come over again.

For woman is warm though man be cold,

And the night will hallow the day;

Till the heart which at even was weary and old

Can rise in the morning gay,

Sweet wife;

To its work in the morning gay.

Andernach, 1851.