[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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THE FAIRY LADY OF DUNUEE.
" Then, wilt thou go with me, Sir Ewart," she cried,
" A lone lady's guardian to be"
" I will, my fair Lady," Sir Ewart replied,
And ere the next moment he stood by her side,
At the edge of the deep salt sea.
Yet he knew not at all in what way he had gone.
For he op'd neither window nor door;
But there they were walking so sweetly alone.
And they talk'd, and her voice had the charmingest tone
That his ear ever heard before.
And they talk'd of the joys that with lovers abide,
And the spirit that true lovers breathe,
When all on a sudden the sea open'd wide.
And down they were borne thro' the deep yawning tide,
To a world of delights beneath.
There skies the most lovely, far brighter than ours.
In summer's most luscious prime;
And fine verdant meadows bespankled with flowers.
And streams clear as amber, and fair rosy bowers,
Enrich'd a most genial clime.
And they enter'd a grove wherein ripe fruits grew,
On trees still in gorgeous bloom
And the prettiest insects around them flew,
And the song-birds sung melodies touching and new,
And the air had the rarest perfume.
" Now, this is my home," the fau* Lady did say,
" And the haunt of my childhood dear;"
And Sir Ewart look'd vip, and lo, straight in his way,
A castle of ivory, splendid and gay,
Rose towering and ample, and near.
Its figure was round, and of crystal its dome.
With a balcony all of bright gold;
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