...trees clumsy partner danse macabre She saw three dead things that day in her walk across the fields And no one kens that he lies there, but his hawk, his hound and his lady fair . A gopher, so newly dead even the flies were not aware of it— no buzzing announcement...

...gang to dine to-day?' ' In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. 'His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en...

...the minstrel once sang: In behind yon old fail1 dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And nobody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. Many a one for him makes moan, But none shall ken where he is gone: O'er his white bones,...

...the tither did say, "Whar sail we gang and dine the day?" "In behint yon auld fail dyke, And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en...

...and dine the day?" — "In behint yon auld fail dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en...

...arid dine the day ? " " In behint yon auld fail dyke I wat there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. " His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame ; His lady's ta'en...

...to the dyke in the word 'yon', it becomes a reality. The ravens have seen the body — 'And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair.' These three living creatures represent the world in which the knight so lately moved. They...