Page:Posthumous poems (IA posthumousswinb00swin).pdf/90

But ye'll gae down to yon wan water-side,
 Gar make a ship of ashen tree;
And ye maun sail by seven ways
 Between the faem and the green sea.

The first water ye'll sail upon
 Men call it Wearieswyte;
Whoso cometh to that water
 He shall have little delight.

The neist water ye'll sail upon
 Men call it Wearieswan;
Whoso cometh to that water
 He is nae sicker man.

The neist water ye'll sail upon
 Men call it Weariesway;
Whoso cometh to that water
 He wins the better away.

The neist water ye'll sail upon
 Men call it Wearieswoe;
Whoso cometh to that water
 He shall neither stand nor go.

The neist water ye'll sail upon
 Men call it Weariesween;
Whoso cometh to that water
 Of his body he shall have teen.

58