Part 2 — PROUD MAISIE
Reading edition
From "The Heart of Midlothian"
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 glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady!"
Walter Scott [1771-1832]