Daily Poem: They Tied the Loving Knot~Anonymous, Ireland, 17th Century
They Tied the Loving Knot
~Anonymous, Ireland, 17th Century
They tied the loving knot: a crane
and the fox from Bri Ghobhann.
The fox vowed to the crane
their knot would never break.
Unwise, in a wilderness,
to cleave to such a mate . . . .
When he’s been fasting a while
put not your trust in William.
The crane soon fell asleep;
he caught her by the throat;
I won’t go on. In short,
he parted her head from her body.
Know it was she who did it—
and goodbye to my ladylove!
She the fox and I the crane,
and our loving much the same.
