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For we have the bonniest bride to show them that ever ` stepped stately east or west from Drumloch 's bonnie braes ' . '' `` My love is fair , I could not he ' p but choose him My love is good , I could not bear to lose him . My love is wise , oh , what could I refuse him ? '' `` And Love , our light at night and shade at noon , Lulls us to rest with songs , and turns away All shafts of shelterless , tumultuous day Like the moon 's growth , his face gleams through his tune , And as soft waters warble to the moon Our answering spirits chime one roundelay '' A `` blythesome bridal '' is a traditional Scotch law , not to be lightly broken by either rich or poor . Its non-observance usually implied some sorrowful element , and Mary 's national , as well as natural desire , as therefore toward an elaborate festal ceremony . As soon as this intention was put into words their very echo seemed to be a prelude to the coming joy . The old , still house acquired , no one could very well tell how , an air of expectation and pleasant hurry .