The woodweel sang, and would not cease,
Among the leaves o' line;
And it is by two wight yeomen,
By dear God, that I mean. *
shaws wood. sheen, bright. shrad, an opening in a wood. line, tree.
* The lost stanza probably states that Robin Hood is having a dream.
"Methought they did me beat and bind,
And took my bow me fro;
If I be Robin alive in this land,
I'll be wroken on them two."