XXXIII
They lichted next on the [bride-] maidens,
Then on the bride’s own head;
And wi’ the twinkling o’ an e’e
The bride an’ them were fled.
XXXIV
There’s ancient men at weddings been
For sixty years or more,
But siccan a curious wedding-day
They never saw before.
XXXV
For naething could the companie do,
Nor naething could they say;
But they saw a flock o’ pretty birds
That took their bride away.
FOOTNOTES:
[214] doo = dove.
[215] hingers = hangings, curtains.
[216] well-wight = strong, lusty.