“I will her liken to a Laidley Worm,

That warps about the stone,

And not till Childy Wynd comes back,

Shall she again be won.”

PART II

The Princess stood at the bower-door,

Laughing, who could her blame?

But e’er the next day’s sun went down,

A long Worm she became.

For seven miles East, and seven miles West,