. Scottish fairy and folk tales. , an gaed awa doon the burn-side, cryin its anld cry eerier an waesomer thanever, and disappeared in a bnsh o seggs.^ O where is tiny Hew ? And where is little Len ?And where is bonnie Lu, And Menie of the Glen ?And wheres the place of rest— _ The ever changing hame ?Is it the gowans breast, Or neath the bells of faem?Ay lu Ian dil yu. The fairest rose you find May have a taint within;The flower of womankind May not be free from sin,—The fox-glove cup go bring. The tail of shooting sterae, 1 Sedge. 2 The song is taken from a poem founded upon tlie abovestory, a
. Scottish fairy and folk tales. , an gaed awa doon the burn-side, cryin its anld cry eerier an waesomer thanever, and disappeared in a bnsh o seggs.^ O where is tiny Hew ? And where is little Len ?And where is bonnie Lu, And Menie of the Glen ?And wheres the place of rest— _ The ever changing hame ?Is it the gowans breast, Or neath the bells of faem?Ay lu Ian dil yu. The fairest rose you find May have a taint within;The flower of womankind May not be free from sin,—The fox-glove cup go bring. The tail of shooting sterae, 1 Sedge. 2 The song is taken from a poem founded upon tlie abovestory, and entitled the Gloainyne Buchte. The author wasJames Telfer, schoohnaster at Saughtree, in Liddesdale ;born 1800, died 1862. FAIRY TALES. 151 And round our grassy ringWell pledge the pith o lu Ian dil yu. And when the yellow moon Is gliding down the sky,On wings of wishes boun, Our band to her can fly;Her highest horn well ride, And quaff her honey dew;Then in her shadowy side Our gambollings renew!Ay lu Ian dil THE FAITHFUL PURSE-BEARER. A TALE of the times of old. Far awaj in thenorth, where the purple heath spreads as thick on thehills in summer as the snow lies white in winter,where the streams flow down the granite-strewn cor-ries of the mountains, brown gold as the topaz lyinghid in their bosoms, a powerful chief ruled his clan. Over hill and glen his domain spread far and wide,and his name was law itself in peace, and power inwarfare. Twas said the Spey and the Garry bothcontributed to his table, and Cairn Gorm and BenAlder furnished him with sport; which would meanthat over much coimtry, and by many men, his swaywas known and acknowledged. Now, upon two things the chief prided himselfmore than all else—more than his prowess in war,yes, more than the extent of his domains and power— 152 THE FAITHFUL PURSE-BEARER. 153 tlie beauty of his wife and his own justice. Whathis clansmen thought of these two things is not tothe point; what he thought of them
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