Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — The Hemlock Tree

O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!        &nbsp Green not alone in summer time,        &nbsp But in the winter's frost and rime! O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches! O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom!        &nbsp To love me in prosperity,        &nbsp And leave me in adversity! O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom! The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example!        &nbsp So long as summer laughs she sings,        &nbsp But in the autumn spreads her wings. The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example! The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood!        &nbsp It flows so long as falls the rain,        &nbsp In drought its springs soon dry again. The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood!