The Golden Treasury of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language |
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CCLXXIII
THE PRIDE OF YOUTH
Proud Maisie is in the wood,
Walking so early;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
Singing so rarely.
Walking so early;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
Singing so rarely.
‘Tell me, thou bonny bird,
When shall I marry me?’
—‘When six braw gentlemen
Kirkward shall carry ye.’
When shall I marry me?’
—‘When six braw gentlemen
Kirkward shall carry ye.’
‘Who makes the bridal bed,
Birdie, say truly?’
—‘The gray-headed sexton
That delves the grave duly
Birdie, say truly?’
—‘The gray-headed sexton
That delves the grave duly
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‘The glowworm o'er grave and stone
Shall light thee steady;
The owl from the steeple sing
Welcome, proud lady.’
Shall light thee steady;
The owl from the steeple sing
Welcome, proud lady.’
Sir W. Scott
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