VIII
‘O ay, my God, as I look to thee,
My babes be atween my God and me!
IX
‘And ay their smiles wad win me in,
But I am borne down by deadly sin.’
X
She’s cover’d them o’er wi’ a marble stane,
Thinking she wad gang maiden hame.
XI
She lookit out owre her castle wa’
And saw twa naked boys play at the ba’.
XII
‘O bonny boys, gin ye were mine
I wad cleed[201] you in silk and sabelline[202].