The Naulahka: A Story of West and East

There was a strife ‘twixt man and maid — Oh that was at the birth o’ time! But what befell ‘twixt man and maid, Oh that’s beyond the grip o’ rhyme. ’Twas: ‘Sweet, I must not bide wi’ you,’ And: ‘Love, I canna bide alone’; For baith were young, and baith were true, And baith were hard as th...