Rhymes from the Rhineland . A gray wrinkled old dameHad a white dove so brought morning and nightTo her dear hearts delightShining kernels of cornIn a bright, golden the white dove one dayTo the old dame so gray,In a day and a year,You shall be my wife, must know, my own love,I am not a white dove,But a kings son most bold,With a crown of bright shall be young and fair,You shall have golden hair,But for me you must make,Ere my crown I can take, [3] Little knitted grass hoseTo keep warm my small toes,And a snug winter coatButtoned up to the throat. Then a sw
Rhymes from the Rhineland . A gray wrinkled old dameHad a white dove so brought morning and nightTo her dear hearts delightShining kernels of cornIn a bright, golden the white dove one dayTo the old dame so gray,In a day and a year,You shall be my wife, must know, my own love,I am not a white dove,But a kings son most bold,With a crown of bright shall be young and fair,You shall have golden hair,But for me you must make,Ere my crown I can take, [3] Little knitted grass hoseTo keep warm my small toes,And a snug winter coatButtoned up to the throat. Then a swift running hareBrought of grass a good share,And an old, snow-white goatGave his locks for the dame measured her dear,And she toiled for a yearThe small suit to prepareFor her darling to he put on his hose,Small became her large grew rosy and fair,Soft and golden her dove turned to a kingWith a new wedding ring,And a wedding so gay,Was neer heard of, they say. O. [4] THE PRANKS OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE Near wild mountain fastness and dark gloomywood Of the Breitenberg land, a farmer once in, cried his wife, do not longerdelay, Sad luck if were late to the wedding elf in the mountains who heard the wifescall, Cried, Come to the wedding, ye gay Browniesall! And swift, tiny messengers hurried about,A wedding, a wedding! cried each fairyscout. A plowman was near who said, Brownies, Ipray, Please take me with you to the wedding to-day. Yes, come with a mist-cap, unseen as are we,With us eat and drink, and with us merry be,But dare not to take the least morsel away—Yes, come with our troop, but be sure youobey. Then on they all went with most hearty good-will To the castle so gray, on the top of the crowded with guests was the great ban-quet hall, [5] t And between every guest sat a weird browniesmall Who cleared every plate, and drained everycup— As much as a mortal a Brownie could slyly t
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