We two met in a sunny place
Just where the woodland ends;
You smiled at me, I smiled at you,
And then - we two were friends.
I know not, nor, I think, do you,
Just why you took my hand;
We only know we laughed our way
Across the meadow land.
A meadow land of smiles and sun,
Where showers were quick to pass,
We thought we wept - our scattered tears
Were dewdrops in the grass.
We played along with laughing hearts,
You plucked a flower for me,
I careless twined it in my hair -
A blown anemone.
No sorrow tried our comradeship
To prove it love in rue;
We only picked the daisy
To prove each other true.
This evening we two reached the place
The sunny meadow ends;
You smiled at me, I smiled at you -
We parted, we two friends.
We only played a little while,
But oh, 't was sweet to me,
And now upon my heart I wear
A blown anemone.