The Echo Elf Answers

How much shall I love her?

For life, or not long?

“Not long.”

Alas! When forget her?

In years, or by June?

“By June.”

And whom woo I after?

No one, or a throng?

“A throng.”

Of these shall I wed one

Long hence, or quite soon?

“Quite soon.”

And which will my bride be?

The right or the wrong?

“The wrong.”

And my remedy – what kind?

Wealth-wove, or earth-hewn?

“Earth-hewn.”