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Fol. 289 a.
XXXIV.
[3e fcltn&tt Ettbarte, lufet+]
3E blindit luvaris, luke
The rekless lyfe je leid;
Espy the snair and huke
That haldf 30W be }>e held;
Thairfoir I reid remeid, 5
To leife and lat it be;
For lufe hes non at feid
Bot fulis }>at can no* fle.
Quhat is 3or lufe bot lust’?—
Ane littill for delyte, 10
Ane beistly game robust
To reif jour ressoun quyte;
Ane fowsum appetyte,
That strenth of persoun waikis;
Ane pastance vnperfyte, 15
To smyte jow w* J>e glaikis.
Quhair sensuall lust proceidf,
All honest lufe is pynd;
3e ma copair jour deid^
Vnto ane brutall kynd : 20
Fra vertew be contrynd
To follow vyce, cosiddir
That ressoun, wit, and mynd,
Ar all ago togiddir.
Fol. 289 a.
XXXIV.
[3e fcltn&tt Ettbarte, lufet+]
3E blindit luvaris, luke
The rekless lyfe je leid;
Espy the snair and huke
That haldf 30W be }>e held;
Thairfoir I reid remeid, 5
To leife and lat it be;
For lufe hes non at feid
Bot fulis }>at can no* fle.
Quhat is 3or lufe bot lust’?—
Ane littill for delyte, 10
Ane beistly game robust
To reif jour ressoun quyte;
Ane fowsum appetyte,
That strenth of persoun waikis;
Ane pastance vnperfyte, 15
To smyte jow w* J>e glaikis.
Quhair sensuall lust proceidf,
All honest lufe is pynd;
3e ma copair jour deid^
Vnto ane brutall kynd : 20
Fra vertew be contrynd
To follow vyce, cosiddir
That ressoun, wit, and mynd,
Ar all ago togiddir.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of Alexander Scott > (113) |
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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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