An oil painting of the 15th song in Franz Schubert's Winterreise
Once a raven followed me
As I wandered from the town,
Since that day, unerringly
O'er me it has flown.
Raven, awe-inspiring bird,
Wilt thou not forsake me?
Thinkest thou as fair reward
My poor corpse to claim thee?
Soon my staff and I shall be
To the graveyard wending
Raven, let me once yet see
Loyalty unending.