"And if you do not grant me love,

"This night for thee I'll die."

"If you should die for me, sir knight,

"There's few for you will mane,

"For mony a better has died for me,

"Whose graves are growing green.

"But ye maun read my riddle," she said,

"And answer my questions three;

"And but ye read them right," she said,

"Gae stretch ye out and die.—