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'From Belton Castle to Solway side	A
Hard by the bridge is three days' ride '	B
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We had fled full fast from her father's keep	C
And the time was come that we must sleep	C
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The first day was an ecstasy	D
A golden mist a burgeoning tree	D
We rode like gods through a world new made	E
The hawthorn scented hill and glade	E
A faint still sweetness in the air	F
And oh her face and the wind in her hair	F
And the steady beat of our good steeds' hooves	G
Bearing us northward strong and fast	H
To my high black tower stark to the blast	H
Like a swimmer stripped where the Solway moves	I
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And ever riding we chanted a song	J
Challenging Fortune loud and long	J
'From Belton Castle to Solway side	A
Strive as you may is three days' ride '	-
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She slept for an hour wrapped in my cloak	K
And I watched her till the morning broke	K
The second day and a harsher land	L
And grey bare hills on either hand	L
A surly land and a sullen folk	K
And a fog that came like bitter smoke	K
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The road wound on like a twisted snake	M
And our horses sobbed as they topped the brake	M
Till we sprang to earth at Wyvern Fen	N
Where fresh steeds stamped and were off again	N
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Weary and sleepless bruised and worn	O
We still had strength for laughter and scorn	O
Love held us up through the mire and mist	P
Love fed us while we clasped and kissed	P
And still we sang as the night closed in	Q
Stealthy and slow as a hidden sin	Q
'From Belton Castle to Solway side	A
Ride how you will is three days' ride '	-
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My love drooped low on the black mare's back	R
Drowned in her hair the reins went slack	R
Yet she could not sleep save to dream bad dreams	S
And wake all trembling till at last	H
Her golden head lay on my breast	T
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At last we saw the first faint gleams	S
Of day Dawn broke A sickly light	U
Came from the withered sun a blight	U
Was on the land and poisonous mist	P
Shrouded the rotting trees unkissed	P
By any wind and the black crags glared	P
Like sightless awful faces spared	P
From death to live accursed for aye	V
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Dragging slow chains the hours went by	V
We rode on drunk and drugged with sleep	C
Too deadly weary now to say	W
Whether our horses kept the way	W
Or no like slaves stretched on a heap	C
Of poisoned arrows Every limb	X
Shot with sharp pain pain seemed to swim	X
Like a red cloud before our eyes	Y
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The mist broke and a moment showed	P
Sharp as the Devil's oxen goad	P
The spear points where the hot chase rode	P
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Idly I watched them dance and rise	Y
Till white wreaths wiped them out again	N
My love jerked at the bridle rein	Z
The black mare dying broke her heart	P
In one swift gallop for my part	P
I dozed and ever in my brain	Z
Four hoofs of fire beat out refrain	Z
A dirge to light us down to death	A2
A silly rhyme that saith and saith	A2
'From Belton Castle to Solway side	P
Though great hearts break is three days' ride '	-
The black mare staggered reeled and fell	B2
Bearing my love down a great bell	B2
Began to toll and sudden fire	C2
Flared at me from the road a pyre	C2
It seemed to burn our bodies in	Q
And I fell down far down within	Q
The pit's mouth and my brain went blind	P
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I woke a cold sun rose behind	P
Black evil hills my love knelt near	D2
Beside a stream her golden hair	F
Streaming across the grass below	E2
The Solway eddied to and fro	E2
White with fierce whirlpools my love turned	P
Thank God some hours of joy are burned	P
Into the mind and will remain	Z
Fierce blazing still in spite of pain	Z
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They came behind us as we kissed	P
Stealthily from the dripping mist	P
Her brothers and their evil band	P
They bound me fast and made me stand	P
They forced her down upon her knees	F2
She did not strive or cry or call	G2
But knelt there dumb before them all	G2
I could not turn away my eyes	Y
There was no fear upon her face	H2
Although they slew her in that place	H2
The daggers rent and tore her breast	P
Like dogs that snarl above a kill	I2
Her proud face gazed above them still	I2
Seeking rest Oh seeking rest	P
The blood swept like a crimson dress	J2
Over her bosom's nakedness	J2
A curtain for her weary eyes	J2
A muffling cloth to stop her sighs	J2
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And she was gone and a red thing lay	W
Silent on the trampled clay	W
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Beneath my horse my feet are bound	P
My hands are bound behind my back	R
I feel the sinews start to crack	R
And ever to the hoof beats' sound	P
As we draw near the gallows tree	D
Where I shall hang right speedily	D
A crazy tune rings in my brain	Z
Four hoofs of fire tramp the refrain	Z
Crashing clear o'er the roaring crowd	P
Steadily galloping strong and loud	P
'From Belton Castle to Solway side	P
Hard by the bridge is three days' ride '	-

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