George Borrow

“ Which my mother bleach’d in the pale moon-shine.”
Gaily they dance in the greenwood.
“I dare not dance, I must away,
To-morrow is my bridal day.”
Gaily they dance in the greenwood.
“Sir Olaf, if thou wilt dance with me,
A helm of gold I’ll give to thee.”
Gaily they dance in the greenwood.
“A helm of gold is a bonny thing,
But I dare not tread the elfin ring.”
Gaily they dance in the greenwood.
p. 12“And if thou wilt not dance with me,
Disease and death shall follow thee.” ”

“ And the form of a stately knight he took.
p. 9“Thanks for thy trouble, proud Signelil,
Now live and die with thee I will.”
Now is proud Signild free from fright,
In a prince’s arm she sleeps each night. ”

“ So deep a hole he’s made—
But none shall ever gold dig up
Where gold was never laid!
One shall never gold dig up
Where gold was never laid;
Never came together more
The knight and lovely maid.
p. 24THE STALWART MONK Above the wood a cloister towers,
Gilt window it displays;
There lie before it Kempions twelve,
The cloister they will raze.
There lie before it Kempions twelve,
The cloister down will tear;
The oxen and the cows they slew
The monks should have for fare. ”