Robin, Lend to Me Thy Bow. Anonymous. Uppingham. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. England: Vols. I-IV

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.

Uppingham

Robin, Lend to Me Thy Bow

Anonymous


NOW, Robin, lend to me thy bow,
Sweet Robin, lend to me thy bow;
For I must now a hunting with my lady go,
With my sweet lady go.

And whither will thy lady go?	5
Sweet Wilkin, tell it unto me;
And thou shalt have my hawk, my hound, and eke my bow,
To wait on thy ladye.

My lady will to Uppingham,
To Uppingham, forsooth, will she;	10
And I myself appointed for to be the man
To wait on my ladye.

Adieu, good Wilkin, all beshrewd,
Thy hunting nothing pleaseth me;
But yet beware thy babbling hounds stray not abroad,	15
For angering of thy ladye.

My hounds shall be led in the line,
So well I can assure it thee;
Unless by view of strain some pursue I may find,
To please my sweet ladye.	20

With that the lady she came in,
And willed them all for to agree;
For honest hunting never was accounted sin,
Nor never shall for me.