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.
       
      "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."

"The Pride of Youth" is reprinted from The Golden Treasury. Ed. Francis T. Palgrave. London: Macmillan, 1875.

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