"I clappèd wi' my wings, master,

And aye my bells I rang,

And aye cryed, Waken, waken, master,

Before the ladye gang."

"But haste and haste, my guide white steed,

To come the maiden till,

Or a' the birds of gude green wood

Of your flesh shall have their fill."

"Ye need no burst your gude white steed

Wi' racing o'er the howm;[130]