Book 4 — CCLXXIII THE PRIDE OF YOUTH
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Proud Maisie is in the wood, 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.' 'Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?' —'The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly 'The glowworm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady.'
Sir W. Scott