The Clouded Soul

By Laurence Alma-Tadema

O what have you done with your heart, daughter,

And what have you done to your soul, my dear?

Your heart was like a lily in June,

And your soul as a crystal clear....

O, I've thrown my heart in a well, mother,

For the lily was sick, and needed rain:

O, I've wept a cloud round my soul, mother,

And we never shall see it again....