‘And fair Marg’ret, and rare Marg’ret, And Marg’ret o’ veritie, Gin e’er ye love another man, Ne’er love him as ye did me.’ FOOTNOTES: [219] striped = thrust. [220] twin = break in two. _28. The Daemon Lover_ I ‘O where hae ye been, my long, long love, These seven long years and more?’-- ‘O I’m come to seek my former vows, That ye promised me before.’-- II ‘Awa’ wi’ your former vows,’ she says, ‘For they will breed but strife; Awa’ wi’ your former vows,’ she says, ‘For I am become a wife. III ‘I am married to a ship-carpenter, A ship-carpenter he’s bound; I wadna he kenn’d my mind this nicht For twice five hundred pound.’ IV He turn’d him round and round about, And the tear blinded his e’e: ‘I wad never hae trodden on Irish ground If it hadna been for thee. V ‘I might hae had a noble lady, Far, far beyond the sea; I might hae had a noble lady, Were it no for the love o’ thee.’-- VI ‘If ye might hae had a noble lady, Yoursel’ ye had to blame; Ye might hae taken the noble lady, For ye kenn’d that I was nane.’-- VII ‘O fause are the vows o’ womankind, But fair is their fause bodie: I wad never hae trodden on Irish ground, Were it no for the love o’ thee.’-- VIII ‘If I was to leave my husband dear, And my wee young son alsua, O what hae ye to tak’ me to, If with you I should gae?’-- IX ‘I hae seven ships upon the sea, The eighth brought me to land; With mariners and merchandise, And music on every hand. X ‘The ship wherein my love sall sail Is glorious to behowd; The sails sall be o’ the finest silk, And the mast o’ beaten gowd.’ XI She has taken up her wee young son, Kiss’d him baith cheek and chin; ‘O fare ye weel, my wee young son, For I’ll never see you again!’ XII She has put her foot on gude ship-board, And on ship-board she has gane, And the veil that hangit ower her face Was a’ wi’ gowd begane[221]. XIII She hadna sail’d a league, a league, A league but barely twa, Till she minded on her husband she left And her wee young son alsua. XIV ‘O haud your tongue o’ weeping,’ he says, ‘Let a’ your follies a-bee; I’ll show where the white lilies grow On the banks o’ Italie.’ XV She hadna sail’d a league, a league, A league but barely three, Till grim, grim grew his countenance And gurly[222] grew the sea. XVI ‘What hills are yon, yon pleasant hills, The sun shines sweetly on?’-- ‘O yon are the hills o’ Heaven,’ he said, ‘Where you will never won.’-- XVII