"Such haukes, such houndes, and such a leman.
Ancient Songs, 1792, p. 155.
I have seen a copy of this dirge much modernized.
THE TWA CORBIES.
As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies making a mane;
The tane unto the t'other say,
"Where sall we gang and dine to-day?"
"In behint yon auld fail[[A]] dyke,
"I wot there lies a new slain knight;