Wilt thou go with me sweet maid Say maiden wilt thou go with me Through the valley depths of shade Of night and dark obscurity Where the path hath lost its way Where the sun forgets the day Where there's nor life nor light to see Sweet maiden wilt thou go with me Say maiden can thy life be led To join the living with the dead Then trace thy footsteps on with me We're wed to one eternity Say maiden wilt thou go with me In this strange d**h of life to be To live in d**h and be the same
Without this life or home or name At once to be or not to be That was and is not-yet to see Things pa** like shadows-and the sky Above, below, around us lie. Where stones will turn to flooding streams Where plains will rise like ocean waves Where life will fade like visioned dreams And mountains darken into caves Say maiden wilt thou go with me Through this sad non-identity Where parents live and are forgot And sisters live and know us not