Nor let there story be,

That hawk was flown, or heron won,

Unseen, unheard, of thee!"

The boy rose up, that noble boy,

He knelt down at her knee;—

And, oh, it was a sight of joy,

That lady's joy to see!

She parted back his golden hair,

She kist his bonny brow—

"I would each mother's heart might share