Bid adieu, adieu, adieu, br Bid adieu to girlish days, br Happy Love is come to woo br Thee and woo thy girlish ways— br The zone that doth become thee fair, br The snood upon thy yellow hair, br br When thou hast heard his name upon br The bugles of the cherubim br Begin thou softly to unzone br Thy girlish bosom unto him br And softly to undo the snood br That is the sign of maidenhood.