Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.
‘Proud Maisie is in the wood’Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
From ‘The Heart of Midlothian’, Chap. XVI.
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Walking so early;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
Singing so rarely.
When shall I marry me?’—
‘When six braw gentlemen
Kirkward shall carry ye.’
Birdie, say truly?’—
‘The grey-headed sexton
That delves the grave duly.
Shall light thee steady;
The owl from the steeple sing,—
“Welcome, proud lady!”’