es two.
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

She drew her blue mantle o'er her head,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
And unto her mother's bower she sped.
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"From thy heart, dear mother, all sorrow chase,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
And thy grand-babes take to thy embrace."
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"O I had thought with my bunch of keys,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
To overturn her bliss with ease.
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"I thought I'd bewitch'd each inch of land,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
Save the spot alone where her chest doth stand."
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

No sooner was Thorelil thither convey'd,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
Than of two fair sons she light was made.
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"O God grant me so long to breathe,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
That parting presents I may bequeath.
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"Stig's mother, I give her my sarke to wear,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
May she use it like me with grief and care!
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"To his sister I give my embroider'd shoe,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
To wear with glee unmixt with woe.
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

"A lovely rose is my last bequest,
_All underneath a green hill's side_,
For Stig to wed, and with her be blest."
_In such peril through the forest they ride_.

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LONDON:
Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W.
_Edition limited to Thirty Copies_.

Footnotes:

{13} She taunts him with the idea of his becoming a monk, and going
about with a sack begging for alms.

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