StoryTitle("caps", "Helen Of Kirconnell") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I wish I were where Helen lies, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Night and day on me she cries; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O that I were where Helen lies, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On fair Kirconnell lea! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Curst be the heart that thought the thought,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And curst the hand that fired the shot, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When in my arms burd Helen dropt, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And died to succour me! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O think na ye my heart was sair, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When my Love dropp'd and spak nae mair!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There did she swoon wi' meikle care, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On fair Kirconnell lea. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As I went down the water side, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "None but my foe to be my guide, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "None but my foe to be my guide,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On fair Kirconnell lea; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I lighted down my sword to draw, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I hackéd him in pieces sma', ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I hackéd him in pieces sma', ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For her sake that died for me.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O Helen fair, beyond compare! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I'll mak a garland o' thy hair, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Shall bind my heart for evermair, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Until the day I die! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O that I were where Helen lies! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Night and day on me she cries; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Out of my bed she bids me rise, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Says, \"Haste, and come to me!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "O Helen fair! O Helen chaste! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "If I were with thee, I'd be blest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where thou lies low and taks thy rest, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On fair Kirconnell lea. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I wish my grave were growing green, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A winding-sheet drawn owre my e'en, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I in Helen's arms lying,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On fair Kirconnell lea. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I wish I were where Helen lies! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "N0ight and day on me she cries; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I am weary of the skies, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For her sake that died for me.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>