There, through the summer day Parted for ever, Never again to wake Never, O never! Eleu loro Never, O never! -Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying; Eleu loro There shall he be lying. Her wing shall the eagle flap Ere life be parted : Shame and dishonour sit By his grave ever; Never, never! Never, O never! Sir W. Scott * 43* AULD ROBIN GRAY WHEN the sheep are in the fauld, and the kye at hame, And a' the warld to rest are gane, The waes o' my heart fa' in showers frae my e'e, Young Jamie lo'ed me weel, and sought me for his bride; But saving a croun he had naething else beside : sea; And the croun and the pund were baith for me. He hadna been awa' a week but only twa, When my father brak his arm, and the cow was stown awa'; My mother she fell sick, and my Jamie at the sea And auld Robin Gray came a-courtin' me. My father couldna work, and my mother couldna spin; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna win; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his e'e 'Said, Jennie, for their sakes, O, marry me!' My heart it said nay; I look'd for Jamie back; But the wind it blew high, and the ship it was a wrack; His ship it was a wrack—why didna Jamie dee ? · Or why do I live to cry, Wae's me? 1 fauld, fold: kye, cattle 13 couldna, could not 3 fa', fall 7 gaed, went 10 stown, stolen My father urgit sair: my mother didna speak; But she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break : They gi'ed him my hand, but my heart was at the sea: Sae auld Robin Gray he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, -O sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; I gang like a ghaist, and I carena to spin; I daurna think on Jamie, for that wad be a sin; Lady A. Lindsay * 44 * WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW Down in yon garden sweet and gay 'Willie's rare, and Willie's fair, 'And Willie's wondrous bonny; 21 urgit, pressed 24 gudeman, husband 29 sair, sorely: greet, cry: muckle, much 34 daurna, dare not 7 hecht, promised 27 wraith, ghost 31 like, likely 8 gin, if: ony, any 'O gentle wind, that bloweth south, 'O tell sweet Willie to come doun 'And leaves around them hinging. 'The lav'rock there, wi' her white breast 'O Leader-haughs are wide and braid 'But Willie's gone, whom I thought on, 'Draws many a tear frae true love's e'e 'O came ye by yon water-side? 'Or came you by yon meadow green, She sought him up, she sought him down, Syne, in the cleaving of a craig, She found him drown'd in Yarrow ! 10 repaireth, is going 14 mavis, thrush 17 lav'rock, lark 19 eneuch, enough 21 braid, broad 34 through plain and valley Unknown 15 ilka, every 20 haughs, water-meadows 30 pou'd, pulled 35 syne, then: craig, rock LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER A CHIEFTAIN to the Highlands bound — Now, who be ye, would cross Lochgyle And fast before her father's men My blood would stain the heather. 'His horsemen hard behind us ride'Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride 'When they have slain her lover?' Out spoke the hardy Highland wight, 'But for your winsome lady: And by my word! the bonny bird 'In danger shall not tarry ; So though the waves are raging white, 'I'll row you o'er the ferry.' By this the storm grew loud apace, 26 water-wraith. spirit of the lake 27 scowl, storminess |