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XXVIII.
[Co lube bnlubtt]
TO luve vnluvit it is ane pane;
For scho J>at is my souerane,
Sum wantoun ma so he hes set hir,
That I ca get no lufe agane,
Bot brekp my hairt, & no* the bettir. 5
Quhe ]?at I went w* ]?at sweit may,
To dance, to sing, to sport and pley,
And oft tymes in my armis plet hir;
I do now mvrne both nycht & day,
And brekp my hart, & no* the bettir. 10
Quhair I wes wont to se hir go
Rycht trymly passand to and fro,
With cumly smylis quhe ]?at I met hir;
And now I leif in pane & wo,
And brekf> [my hairt, and no* the bettir]. 15
Quhattane ane glaikit fule am I
To slay myself w* malancoly,
Sen weill I ken I may no* get hir !
Or quhat suld be the caus, and quhy,
To brek [my hairt, and no* the bettir]?
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Fol. 256 a.
Fol. 256 b.
XXVIII.
[Co lube bnlubtt]
TO luve vnluvit it is ane pane;
For scho J>at is my souerane,
Sum wantoun ma so he hes set hir,
That I ca get no lufe agane,
Bot brekp my hairt, & no* the bettir. 5
Quhe ]?at I went w* ]?at sweit may,
To dance, to sing, to sport and pley,
And oft tymes in my armis plet hir;
I do now mvrne both nycht & day,
And brekp my hart, & no* the bettir. 10
Quhair I wes wont to se hir go
Rycht trymly passand to and fro,
With cumly smylis quhe ]?at I met hir;
And now I leif in pane & wo,
And brekf> [my hairt, and no* the bettir]. 15
Quhattane ane glaikit fule am I
To slay myself w* malancoly,
Sen weill I ken I may no* get hir !
Or quhat suld be the caus, and quhy,
To brek [my hairt, and no* the bettir]?
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of Alexander Scott > (101) |
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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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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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