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Eric of Marka holds the knife: / "A nameless death for a nameless life. " --
"Mary of Marka, bid him stay, / And the morrow shall be our wedding-day. " --
"Will the blessing of priest give back my faith, / Or life to the child you left to death? " --
Eric of Marka holds the knife, / And turns to the mother that is no wife:
"Mary of Marka, have your will! / Shall I spare him, or shall I kill? " --
"He wrought me wrong when the days were sweet, / And he'll get no more but a winding-sheet. "