I waited till the twilight
And still he did not come.
I strayed along the brook-side
And slowly wandered home.
When who should come behind me
But him I would have chid.
He said he came to find me. 
Do you think he really did?

He said since last we parted
He’d thought of naught so sweet
As of this very moment,
The moment we should meet.
He showed me where half shaded,
A cottage home lay hid.
He said for me he’d made it. 
Do you think he really did?

He said when first he saw me
Life seemed at once divine.
Each night he dreamt of angels
And ev’ry face was mine.
Sometimes a voice in sleeping
Would all his hope forbid
And then he’d waken weeping.
Do you really think he did?