Alfred Tennyson.
THE TWA CORBIES.
OLD SCOTTISH BALLAD.
As I gaed doun by yon house-en’,
Twa corbies there were sittand their lane.
The tane unto the tother sae,
“O where shall we gae dine to-day?”
“O down beside yon new-faun birk,
There lies a new-slain knicht,
Nae livin kens that he lies there,