Rhyme? and reason? . THE DOGGIE CEASED HIS NOISE 200 THE LANG COORTIN\ Then sadly spake that ladye fair,Wi a frown upon her brow : O dearer to me is my sma doggieThan a dozen sic as thou ! * Nae use, nae use lOr sighs and tears :Nae use at all to fret:Sin ye ve bided sae well for thirty years,Ye may bide a wee langer yet ! Sadly, sadly he crossed the floor And tirled at the pin :Sadly went he through the door Where sadly he cam in. O gin I had a popinjay To fly abune my head,To tell me what I ought to say,I had by this been wed. O gin I find anither ladye, He said wi sighs and tears, I wot my
Rhyme? and reason? . THE DOGGIE CEASED HIS NOISE 200 THE LANG COORTIN\ Then sadly spake that ladye fair,Wi a frown upon her brow : O dearer to me is my sma doggieThan a dozen sic as thou ! * Nae use, nae use lOr sighs and tears :Nae use at all to fret:Sin ye ve bided sae well for thirty years,Ye may bide a wee langer yet ! Sadly, sadly he crossed the floor And tirled at the pin :Sadly went he through the door Where sadly he cam in. O gin I had a popinjay To fly abune my head,To tell me what I ought to say,I had by this been wed. O gin I find anither ladye, He said wi sighs and tears, I wot my coortin sail not beAnither thirty years: THE LANG C00RT1N\ 20I For gin I find a ladye gay,Exactly to my taste,I 11 pop the question, aye or nay,In twenty years at D D FOUR RIDDLES. [These consist of two Double Acrostics and two Charades. No. I. was written at the request of some young friends,who had gone to a ball at an Oxford Commemoration—and also as a specimen of what might be done by makingthe Double Acrostic a coujiected poem instead of what it hashitherto been, a string of disjointed stanzas, on every con-ceivable subject, and about as interesting to read straightthrough as a page of a Cyclopaedia. The first two stanzasdescribe the two main words, and each subsequent stanzaone of the cross lights. No. 11. was written after seeing Miss Ellen Terry performin the play of Hamlet. In this case the first stanzadescribes the two main words. No. III. was written after seeing Miss Marion Terryperform in Mr. Gilberts play of Pygmalion and three stanzas respectively describe My First, MySecond, and * My Whole.] I. There was an ancient City, stricken down With a strange frenzy, and for many a dayThey paced from morn to eve the crowded
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