Wilt thou go with me, sweet maid, br Say, maiden, wilt thou go with me br Through the valley-depths of shade, br Of night and dark obscurity; br Where the path has lost its way, br Where the sun forgets the day, br Where there's nor life nor light to see, br Sweet maiden, wilt thou go with me! br br Where stones will turn to flooding streams, br Where plains will rise like ocean waves, br Where life will fade like visioned dreams br And mountains darken into caves, br Say, maiden, wilt thou go with me br Through this sad non-identity, br Where parents live and are forgot, br And sisters live and know us not! br br Say, maiden; wilt thou go with me br In this strange death of life to be, br To live in death and be the same, br Without this life or home or name, br At once to be and not to be - br That was and is not -yet to see br Things pass like shadows, and the sky br Above, below, around us lie?br br John Clarebr br