“The Ynglyshe men let ther boys (bows) be,
And pulde owt brandes that were brighte;
It was a hevy syght to se
Bryght swordes on basnites lyght.”
Or in—
“God send the land deliverance
Frae every reaving, riding Scot!
We’ll sune hae neither cow nor ewe,
We’ll sune hae neither staig nor stot.”
It is equally good in passages where the poet simply expresses his hearty delight in something which his own eyes have seen among his neighbours, as in—