XII
He’s mounted on his berry-brown steed,
And dowie[234], dowie rade he hame,
And heavily, heavily lighted down
When to his ladie’s bower he came.
XIII
‘O mither, mither, mak’ my bed,
And, gentle ladie, lay me down;
O brither, brither, unbend my bow,
’Twill never be bent by me again!’
XIV
His mither she has made his bed,
His gentle ladie laid him down,
His brither he has unbent his bow,
—’Twas never bent by him again.
FOOTNOTES:
[224] jimp = slim, slender.
[225] wall = well.
[226] weel-faur’d may = well-favoured maiden.