‘So say not sae, my dearest mother,
But marry her to my youngest brother.
XXXII
‘This has not been the death o’ ane,
But it’s been the death o’ fair seventeen.’
FOOTNOTES:
[279] tide = time, season.
[280] lee-lang = live-long.
[281] yett = gate.
[282] all-by-dene = all together.
[283] glent = gleam.