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PART IV.
How they rode together in her gilded coach to her noble seat or castle, &c.
As the gilded coach stood ready,
The young lover and his lady,
Rode together till they came
To her house of state and fame.
Which appeared like a castle,
Where he might behold a parcel
Of young cedars tall and straight,
Just before her palace gate.
Hand in hand they walk'd together,
To a hall, or parlour rather,
Which was beautiful and fair
All alone she left him there.
Two long hours there he waited
Her return-at length ho fretted,
And began to grieve at last,
For he had not broke his fast.
Still he sat like one amazed,
Round a spacious room he gazed,
Which was richly beautify'd;
But, alas! he lost his brido.
Thero was peeping, laughing, sneering,
All within the lawyer's hearing;
But his bride he could not see;
Would I were at home, thought he.
