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The King's son walks in the garden fair	A
Oh the maiden's heart is merry	B
He little knows for his toil and care	A
That the bride is gone and the bower is bare	A
Put on garments of white my maidens	C
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The sun shines bright through the casement high	D
Oh the maiden's heart is merry	B
The little handmaid with a laughing eye	D
Looks down on the king's son strolling by	D
Put on garments of white my maidens	C
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He little knows that the bride is gone	E
And the Earl knows little as he	B
She is fled with her lover afar last night	F
And the King's son is left to me	B
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And back to her chamber with velvety step	G
The little handmaid did glide	H
And a gold key took from her bosom sweet	I
And opened the great chests wide	H
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She bound her hair with a band of blue	J
And a garland of lilies sweet	I
And put on her delicate silken shoes	K
With roses at her feet	I
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She clad her body in spotless white	F
With a girdle as red as blood	L
The glad white raiment her beauty bound	M
As the sepels blind the bud	L
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And round and round her white neck she flung	N
A necklace of sapphires blue	J
On one white finger of either hand	O
A shining ring she drew	J
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And down the stairway and out of the door	P
She glided as soft and light	F
As an airy tuft of a thistle seed	Q
Might glide through the grasses bright	F
	-
And into the garden sweet she stole	R
The little birds carolled loud	S
Her beauty shone as a star might shine	T
In the rift of the morning cloud	S
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The King's son walked in the garden fair	A
And the little handmaiden came	U
Through the midst of a shimmer of roses red	V
Like a sunbeam through a flame	U
	-
The King's son marvelled his heart leaped up	W
And art thou my bride said he	B
For North or South I have never beheld	V
A lovelier maid than thee	B
	-
And dost thou love me the little maid cried	V
A fine King's son I wis	X
And the king's son took her with both his hands	Y
And her ruddy lips did kiss	X
	-
And the little maid laughed till the beaded tears	Z
Ran down in a silver rain	A2
O foolish King's son and she clapped her hands	Y
Till the gold rings rang again	B2
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O King's son foolish and fooled art thou	C2
For a goodly game is played	V
Thy bride is away with her lover last night	V
And I am her little handmaid	V
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And the King's son sware a great oath said he	B
Oh the maiden's heart is merry	B
If the Earl's fair daughter a traitress be	B
The little handmaid is enough for me	B
Put on garments of white my maidens	C
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The King's son walks in the garden fair	A
Oh the maiden's heart is merry	B
And the little handmaiden walketh there	A
But the old Earl pulleth his beard for care	A
Put on garments of white my maidens	C

Archibald Lampman

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