when i m all alone envy me most then my thoughts flutter round me in a glimmering host some dressed in silver some dressed in white each like a taper blossoming light most of them married some of them grave each of them lithe as willows that wave some dressed in silver some dressed in white each like a taper blossoming light some bearing violets some bearing bay one with a burning rose hidden away when i m all alone envy me then for i have better friends than women and men