We cannot come home, 150
For if we bring nothing
We know you'll be angry!'"

* * * * *

"To go to God's church
I have made myself tidy;
I hear how the neighbours
Are laughing around me:
'Now who is she setting
Her cap at?' they whisper."

* * * * *

"Don't wash yourself clean.
And don't dress yourself nicely; 160
The neighbours are sharp--
They have eyes like the eagle
And tongues like the serpent.
Walk humbly and slowly,
Don't laugh when you're cheerful,
Don't weep when you're sad."

* * * * *

"The dull, endless winter
Has come, and the fields
And the pretty green meadows
Are hidden away 170