Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

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ANCIENT SONGS
" To-morrow in the church to wed,
" Impatient, both prepare ;
" Bat know, fond maid, and know, falfe man,
" That Lucy will be there. a®
4t Then, bear my corfe ; ye comrades, bear,
" The bridegroom blithe to meet
" He in his wedding-trim fo gay,
" I in my winding-meet."
She fpoke, me dy ; d ;—-her corfe was borne, 4 c
The bridegroom blithe to meet
He in his wedding,trim fo gay,
She in her winding-meet.
Then what were perjur'd Colin's thoughts ?
How were thofe nuptials kept ? r*
The bride-men fiock'd round Lucy dead,
And all the village wept.
Confufion, fhame, remorfe, defpair
At once his bofom fwell :
The, damps of death bedew'd his brow, y
He fhook, he groan'd, he fell.
From the vain bride (ah bride no more !)
The varying crimfon fled,
When, Itretch'd before her rival's corfe,
She faw her hufband dead. 6®'
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