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by Unknown

ILDA is a lofty lady,

Very proud is she—

I am but a simple herdsman

Dwelling by the sea.

Hilda hath a spacious palace,

Broad, and white, and high;

Twenty good dogs guard the portal—

Never house had I.

Hilda hath a thousand meadows—

Boundless forest lands: