English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 5. Edward |
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| “WHY dois your brand sae drap wi bluid, | |
| Edward, Edward, | |
| Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid, | |
| And why sae sad gang 1 yee O?” | |
| “O I hae killed my hauke sae guid, 2 | 5 |
| Mither, mither, | |
| O I hae killed my hauke sae guid, | |
| And I had nae mair bot hee O.” | |
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| “Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, | |
| Edward, Edward, | 10 |
| Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, | |
| My deir son I tell thee O.” | |
| “O I hae killed my reid-roan steid, | |
| Mither, mither, | |
| O I hae killed my reid-roan steid, | 15 |
| That erst was sae fair and frie O.” | |
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| “Your steid was auld, and ye hae gat mair, | |
| Edward, Edward, | |
| Your steid was auld, and ye hae gat mair, | |
| Sum other dule 3 ye drie 4 O.” | 20 |
| “O I hae killed my fadir deir, | |
| Mither, mither, | |
| O I hae killed my fadir deir, | |
| Alas, and wae is mee O!” | |
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| “And whatten 5 penance wul ye drie for that, | 25 |
| Edward, Edward, | |
| And whatten penance will ye drie for that? | |
| My deir son, now tell me O.” | |
| “Ile set my feit in yonder boat, | |
| Mither, mither, | 30 |
| Ile set my feit in yonder boat, | |
| And Ile fare ovir the sea O.” | |
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| “And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha, | |
| Edward, Edward? | |
| And what wul you doe wi your towirs and your ha, | 35 |
| That were sae fair to see O?” | |
| “Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa, | |
| Mither, mither, | |
| Ile let thame stand till they down fa, | |
| For here nevir mair maun I bee O.” | 40 |
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| “And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife, | |
| Edward, Edward? | |
| And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife, | |
| Whan ye gang ovir the sea O?” | |
| “The warldis room, late them beg thrae life, | 45 |
| Mither, mither, | |
| The warldis room, late them beg thrae life, | |
| For thame nevir mair wul I see O.” | |
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| “And what wul ye leive to your ain mither deir, | |
| Edward, Edward? | 50 |
| And what wul ye leive to your ain mither deir? | |
| My deir son, now tell me O.” | |
| “The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir, | |
| Mither, mither, | |
| The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir, | 55 |
| Sic counseils ye gave to me O.” | |
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