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But gleg as light are lovers* eeii,
When kind love is in the ee.
O this is no, &c.
It may escape the courtly sparks.
It may escape the learned clarks ;
But weel the watching lover marks
The kind love that's in her ee.
O this is no my ain lassie, &c.
YOUNG LOCHINVAR.*
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
O, YOUNG Lochinvar has come out of the west ;
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ;
And, save his good broadsword, he weapons had none :
He rode all unarm'd, and he rode all alone.
So faithful in love, and so gallant in war !
There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
He stay'd not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone ;
He swam the Esk river, where ford there was none :
But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate,
The bride had consented — the gallant came late—
For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war,
Was to wed the fair Helen of brave Lochinvar.
So boldly he enter'd the Netherby hall.
Among clansmen, and kinsmen, and brothers and all !
Then spake the bride's father, his hand on his sword,
(For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word,)
O, come ye in peace here, or come ye in war.
Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar ? —
* This admirable ballad, which first appeared in Marmion, is founded
upon an old one, called " Katherine Janfarie.''
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