And Jessie’s fickle heart beat high,

As she caught the stranger’s glancing eye:

And when he smiled, “Ah, well,” thought she,

“I wish this Knight came courting me!”

He took two steps towards her seat—

“Wilt thou be mine, O Maiden sweet?”

He took her lily-white hand, and sighed,

“Maiden, Maiden, be my bride!”

And Jessie blushed, and whispered soft—