Would thou wast the Father's token, That the sweet celestial dove, When the golden bowl is broken, Will support us by his love, Will, in that dread painful conflict, Flit around our dying bed,

Few locks of hay Were most thy crib presented, A patient Cow, And kind wast thou, And with thy mite contented.

" Literally: "If thou recallest to mind what (sort of person) thou wast with me, and what I was with thee, the recollection may oppress thee still.

Once the Baron Spaun found Beethoven kissing Thérèse's portrait and muttering: "Thou wast too nobletoo like an angel."

how sadly often Wast thou pressed hard by the North's fair Barbarians!

" "Thou wast wrong.