Well-A-Day!

Love comes and goes like a spell! How, no one knows, nor can tell! Now here—now there—then away! None dreameth where!—Well-a-day! Love should be true as the star Seen in the blue sky afar!— Not here—now there—like the lay Of lutes in th' air!—Well-a-day! Should love depart, not a tie Binds up the heart till we die!— Now here—now there—sad we stray Life is all care!—Well-a-day!