Poetry > Lady of the lake

LADY OF THE LAKE.
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He’s hew’d the beech, and he’s fell’d the aik,
Sae has he the poplar gray ;
And grim in mood was the grewsome elf,
That be sae bald he may.
4.
He hew’d him kipples, he hew’d him hawks,
Wi* mickle moil and baste;
Syne speer*d the Elf i’ the knock that bade
“ Wha’s hacking here sae fast ? "
5.
Syne up and spak the weiest Elf,
Crean’d as an immert sma:
** It’s here is come a Christian man •—
I’ll fley him or he ga.”
6.
It’s up syne started the firsten Elf,
And glowr’d about sae grim t
“ It’s we’ll awa to the husbande’s house,
And hald a court on him.
7.
“ Here hews he down baith skugg and snav.
And works us skaith and scorn:
His huswife he sail gie to me
They’s rue the day they were bom *
8.
The Elfen a’ i’ the knock that were,
Gaed dancing in a string:
They nighed near the husband’s house;
Sae lang their tails did hing.
9.
The hound he yowls i* the yard.
The herd toots in his horn;
The earn scralghs, and the cock craws.
As the husbande has gi’en him his corn.*
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” Hunden hand gicJr i gaarden;
Hlorden tud6 I sit horn;
CErnen skriger, og hanen galer,
Som bonden bafdfe gifvet sit korn."