Classic Poem

1.

There was a squire lived in this town,
He was a squire of high renown;
He had one daughter, a beauty bright,
And the name he called her was his " Heart's Delight. "

2.

When her father came this to know,
He sent his daughter far away,
Sends her over fifty miles or more
To detain her of her wedding day.

3.

One night as she was for her bed bound,
As she was taking out her gown,
She heard the knock and the deadly sound,
" Loosen those bonds, love, that we have bound. "

4.

" I have your horse and your mother's cloak,
And your father's orders to take you home. "
She dressed herself in rich attire,
And rid away with her Heart's Desire.

5.

As she got on, with him behind,
They rode far faster than any wind,
And every mile he would sigh and say
" O my jewel, my head it aches. "

6.

A Holland handkerchief she then took out
And tied his head with it around;
She kissed his lips and she then did say,
" O my love, you're colder than any clay. "

7.

When they came to her father's gate,
" Come down, my jewel, " this young man said,
" Come down, my darling, and go to bed,
And I'll see your horse in his stable led. "

8.

When she came to her father's hall,
" Who's there, who's there? " her father called.
" It is I, dear father; did you send for me
By such a messenger? " naming he.

9.

Her father, knowing this young man being dead,
He tore his grey hair down from his head,
He wrung his hands and he wept full sore,
And this young man's darling cried more and more.

10.

The next day to the grave they went,
And although this young man had been nine months dead,
He still wore the Holland handkerchief
Around his head.