THE PRIDE OF YOUTH
by: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- ROUD Maisie is in the wood,
- Walking so early;
- Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
- Singing so rarely.
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- "Tell me, thou bonny bird,
- When shall I marry me?"--
- "When six braw gentlemen
- Kirkward shall carry ye."
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- "Who makes the bridal bed,
- 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."
"The Pride of Youth" is
reprinted from The Golden Treasury. Ed. Francis T. Palgrave.
London: Macmillan, 1875. |
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