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Fol. 156 b. 1\ /T AY is the moneth maist amene,
1VX For thame in Venus seruice bene,
To recreat thair havy hartis ;
May caussis curage frome the splene,
And every thing in May revartis. 5
In May the plesant spray vpspringis;
In May the mirthfull maveiss singis;
And now in May to madynis fawis
With tymmer wechtis to trip in ringis,
And to play vpcoill wk the bawis. 10
In May gois gallandis bring in symer,
And trymly occupyis thair tymer
With ‘ Hunts vp,’ every mornig plaid;
In May gois gentill wemen gymmer,
In gardynis grene thair gruis to glaid. 15
In May quhe men ^eid everich one,
W* Robene Hoid and Littill Johne,
■ To bring in bowis and birkin bobbynis;
Now all sic game is fastlingis gone
Bot gif it be amangis clovin Robbynis.
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V.
Jtflag.
Fol. 156 b. 1\ /T AY is the moneth maist amene,
1VX For thame in Venus seruice bene,
To recreat thair havy hartis ;
May caussis curage frome the splene,
And every thing in May revartis. 5
In May the plesant spray vpspringis;
In May the mirthfull maveiss singis;
And now in May to madynis fawis
With tymmer wechtis to trip in ringis,
And to play vpcoill wk the bawis. 10
In May gois gallandis bring in symer,
And trymly occupyis thair tymer
With ‘ Hunts vp,’ every mornig plaid;
In May gois gentill wemen gymmer,
In gardynis grene thair gruis to glaid. 15
In May quhe men ^eid everich one,
W* Robene Hoid and Littill Johne,
■ To bring in bowis and birkin bobbynis;
Now all sic game is fastlingis gone
Bot gif it be amangis clovin Robbynis.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of Alexander Scott > (51) |
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| Description | Edited by James Cranstoun. Edinburgh: Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1896. |
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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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