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C.J.S.

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1

Ye maidens pretty

In town and city,

I pray you pity

My mournful strain.

A maiden weeping,

Her night-watch keeping,

In grief unsleeping

Makes her complain:

In tower I languish

In cold and sadness,

Heart full of anguish,

Eye full of tear.

Whilst glades are ringing

With maidens singing,

Sweet roses bringing

To crown the year.

2

Thro' hills and vallies

Thro' shaded alleys,

And pleached palis—

Ading of grove;

Among fair bowers,

Midst fragrant flowers,

Pass sunny hours,

And sing of love.

In tower I languish, &c.

3

My cruel father

Gave straitest order,

By watch and warder,

I barr'd should be.

All in my chamber,

High out of danger,

From eye of ranger,

In misery.

In tower I languish, &c.

4

Enclosed in mortar,

By wall and water,

A luckless daughter

All white and wan;

Till day is breaking

My bed forsaking,

I all night waking

Sing like the swan.

In tower I languish,

In cold and sadness,

Heart full of anguish,

Eye full of tear,

Whilst glades are ringing

With maidens singing

Sweet roses bringing,

To crown the year.