The Songs of Ranild. Borrow George

      “The forest can hear, and the mead can view,

         For thus the tale was told to me—

      We here must live as outlaws do,

         For banish’d from the land we be.”

      “Hadst thou not helped the King to slay,

         For thus the tale was told to me—

      In peace at home we now might stay,

         But banish’d from the land we be.”

      He struck her a blow the table o’er,

         For thus the tale was told to me—

      “Should’st guard thy tongue, child, guests before,

         Though banish’d from the land we be.”

      He struck her on her face so fair:

         For thus the tale was told to me—