The Fountain of Maribo, and Other Ballads

Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was made.
by GEORGE BORROW
London: printed for private circulation
1913
Copyright in the United States of America by Houghton Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter .
The Queen her little page address’d, The long night all — “To come to me the Greve request,” I’m passion’s thrall .
He came, before the board stood he, The long night all — “Wherefore, O Queen, has sent for me?” I’m passion’s thrall .
“As soon as e’er my lord is dead, The long night all — Thou shalt rule o’er my gold so red,” I’m passion’s thrall .
“O speak not, Queen, in such wild style, The long night all — Thou know’st not who may list the while,” I’m passion’s thrall .
She fondly thought alone they were, The long night all — There stood the King, to all gave ear, I’m passion’s thrall .
The King two serving men address’d, The long night all — “To come to me the Queen request,” I’m passion’s thrall .
“Hear thou, my Queen, so fair and sleek, The long night all — What with the Algreve didst thou speak?” I’m passion’s thrall .