Unhappy is the man for evermair That tills the sand and sawis in the air; But twice unhappier is he, I lairn, That feidis in his hairt a mad desire And follows on a woman thro the fire, Led by a blind and teachit by a bairn.
ATTRIBUTION:
Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601), Scottish poet. Fra Bank to Bank, Fra Wood to Wood I Rin (l. 9–14). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.
