LADY GRISEL BAILLIE
And now he gaes daund'ring about the dykes, And a' he dow do is to hund the tykes: The live-lang nicht he ne'er steeks his e'c And werena my heart's licht, I wad dee.
Were I but young for thee, as I hac been, We should hac been gallopin' doun in yon green, And linkin' it owre the lily-white lea And wow, gin I were but young for thee '
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442 False though She be
^ALSE though she be to me and love,
I'll ne'er pursue revenge; For still the charmer I approve, Though I deplore her change.
In hours of bliss we oft have met:
They could not always last ; And though the present I regret,
Tm grateful for the past.
443 A Hue and Cry after Fair Amoret
FAIR Amoret is gone astray Pursue and seek her, ev'ry lover; I'll tell the signs by which you may The wand'ring Shepherdess discover.
441 hund the tykes] direct the dogs. steeks] closes,
linkin'] tripping arm-in-arm.
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