The Pride of Youth
Walter Scott, 1805

Proud Maisie is in the wood,
      Walking so early;
     Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
      Singing so rarely.

     "Tell me, thou bonny bird,
      When shall I marry me?"
     --"When six braw gentlemen
      Kirkward shall carry ye."

     "Who makes the bridal bed,
      Birdie, say truly?"
     --"The gray-headed sexton
      That delves the grave duly.

     "The glowworm o'er grave and stone
      Shall light thee steady;
     The owl from the steeple sing
      Welcome, proud lady!"