Page:Tragedy of, Jamie and Nancy of Yarmouth.pdf/7

                          (  7  ) Close in his arms did the spirit info'd her, Jamie she said, you are colder than clay, Snre you can ne’re be the man I admire, Paler than death you appear unto me.

Yes, dearest creatur, I am your true lover, Dead or alive I know you are mine, I come for my vow—my dear you must follow My body now to a watery tomb,

I for your sake refus’d gold and silver, Beauty and riches for me you despis'd, A charming young lady for I did expire. For thinking on you I was deaf to her cries.

Your cruel parents have been my undoing, And now I do sleep in a watery grave, Now for your promise my dear I am fuming, Dead or alive you I must have

The trembling lady was sore affrighted, Amazed she stood near the brink of the sea, With eyes lift to heaven, she cried, cruel parents, Heaven requite you for your cruelty.

Indeed l promised to my dear creature, Dead or alive I woul’d be his own And to perform my vow I am ready To follow him to his watery tomb.

The maidens they heard the sad lamentation, But the apparition they could not see, Thinking the lady was fallen in distraction, They strave to perswade her contented to be

But still she cried, my dear I am coming, Now in thy bosom I’d soon fall asleep When she had spoken this unfortunate lady, Suddenly plunged herself into the deep,

But when to her father the maidens told it, He wrung his hands, saying what hare I done ? O|dear child if was thy cruel father.