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VIII ' But gin this ring shou'd fade or fail, Or the stone shou'd change its hue, Be sure your love is dead and gone, Or she has proved untrue.' IX He had no been at Bonny Bee Ho'm A twelve month and a day, Till, looking on his gay gowd ring. The stone grew dark and gray. X ' O ye take my riches to Bee Ho'm, And deal them presentlie. To the young that canna, the auld that maunna. And the blind that does not see. XI ' Fight on, fight on, my merry men all ! With you I'll fight no more ; But I wil...l gang to some holy place And pray to the King of Glore.' Glore] Glory. 327 7f. Sir Patrick Spens I. The Sailing. I THE king sits in Dunfermline town Drinking the blude-red wine ; ' O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship o' mine ? ' II O up and spak an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee : ' Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sail'd the sea.' Ill Our king has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand. And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand.
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