[7.] Arthur's Seat. A hill near Edinburgh, at the foot of which is St. Anthony's well.
SIR PATRICK SPENS.
A Scottish Ballad.
[This ballad is a confused echo of the Scotch expedition which should have brought the Maid of Norway to Scotland about 1285.]
The king sits in Dunfermline town,
Drinking the blude-red wine;
"O whare will I get a skeely skipper,
To sail this new ship of mine!"
O up and spake an eldern knight,
Sat at the king's right knee,—
"Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor,
That ever sail'd the sea."
Our king has written a braid letter,
And seal'd it with his hand,
And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,
Was walking on the strand.
"To Noroway, to Noroway,
To Noroway o'er the faem;
The king's daughter of Noroway,
'Tis thou maun bring her hame."