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(From The Lay of the Last Minstrel)
IT was an English ladye bright, | |
| The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall, | |
| And she would marry a Scottish knight, | |
| For Love will still be lord of all. | |
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| Blithely they saw the rising sun, | 5 |
| When he shone fair on Carlisle wall, | |
| But they were sad ere day was done, | |
| Though Love was still the lord of all. | |
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| Her sire gave brooch and jewel fine, | |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall; | 10 |
| Her brother gave but a flask of wine, | |
| For ire that Love was lord of all. | |
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| For she had lands, both meadow and lea, | |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall, | |
| And he swore her death, ere he would see | 15 |
| A Scottish knight the lord of all. | |
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| That wine she had not tasted well, | |
| The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall, | |
| When dead in her true love’s arms she fell, | |
| For Love was still the lord of all. | 20 |
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| He pierced her brother to the heart, | |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall:— | |
| So perish all would true love part, | |
| That Love may still be lord of all! | |
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| And then he took the cross divine, | 25 |
| Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall, | |
| And died for her sake in Palestine; | |
| So Love was still the lord of all. | |
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| Now all ye lovers, that faithful prove, | |
| The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall, | 30 |
| Pray for their souls who died for love, | |
| For Love shall still be lord of all! | |
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