“For the holy Virgin’s sake!”—
“Lady, I know who sleeps by thy side;
But, Lady, he will not awake.
“By Eildon Tree, for long nights three,
In bloody grave have I lain;
The mass and the death-prayer are said for me,
But, Lady, they are said in vain.
“By the Baron’s brand, near Tweed’s fair strand,
Most foully slain, I fell;