Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
The Monks of Melrose
By Old SongO,
On Fridays, when they fasted;
They wanted neither beef nor ale,
As long as their neighbors’ lasted.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.
O,
On Fridays, when they fasted;
They wanted neither beef nor ale,
As long as their neighbors’ lasted.