| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Proud Maisie | | By Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| | | PROUD Maisie is in the wood, | |
| Walking so early; | |
| Sweet Robin sits on the bush, | |
| Singing so rarely. | |
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| ‘Tell me, thou bonny bird, | 5 |
| When shall I marry me?’ | |
| ‘When six braw gentlemen | |
| Kirkward shall carry ye.’ | |
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| ‘Who makes the bridal bed, | |
| Birdie, say truly?’ | 10 |
| ‘The gray-headed sexton | |
| That delves the grave duly. | |
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| ‘The glow-worm o’er the grave and stone | |
| Shall light thee steady. | |
| The owl from the steeple sing, | 15 |
| ‘Welcome, proud lady.’’ | | | | |
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