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XXXV.
Cfie fim S'almt,
Bcatus fair.
Fol. 16 a. T T APPIE is hie hes bald him fre
A A Frome folkis of defame;
Alwayis to fle iniquite
And sait of syn and schame;
Bot hes his will conforme vntill 5
The Lordf cdmand and law,
Thame to fulfill, w* purpoiss still
Boith day and nicht to knaw.
He sail haif brute, as tre on rute
Endlang the rever plantit; 10
To burge and schute, and sail gif frutt
In tyme, as God hes grantit;
Quhois leif and blaid sail nevir faid,
Bot fragrat ay be flureist;
Quhois workis on braid sail evir spraid, 15
And richtously be nvreist.
Sail non be so off nochtis no,
Quhilk bene of cursit kind ;
Bot thay sail go lyk dust and stro
Bene vaneist wl the wind.
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XXXV.
Cfie fim S'almt,
Bcatus fair.
Fol. 16 a. T T APPIE is hie hes bald him fre
A A Frome folkis of defame;
Alwayis to fle iniquite
And sait of syn and schame;
Bot hes his will conforme vntill 5
The Lordf cdmand and law,
Thame to fulfill, w* purpoiss still
Boith day and nicht to knaw.
He sail haif brute, as tre on rute
Endlang the rever plantit; 10
To burge and schute, and sail gif frutt
In tyme, as God hes grantit;
Quhois leif and blaid sail nevir faid,
Bot fragrat ay be flureist;
Quhois workis on braid sail evir spraid, 15
And richtously be nvreist.
Sail non be so off nochtis no,
Quhilk bene of cursit kind ;
Bot thay sail go lyk dust and stro
Bene vaneist wl the wind.
20
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of Alexander Scott > (119) |
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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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