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[LUCINA SCHYNNYNG IN SILENCE OF
THE NICHT.]
LUCINA schynnyng in silence of the nicht,
The hevin being all1 full of sternis bricht,
To bed I went, bot thair I tuke no rest,
With havy thocht I wes so soir 2 opprest,
That sair I langit eftir [the] 3 dayis licht. 5
Off Fortoun I complenit hevely,
That scho to me stude so contrariowsly;
And at the last, quhen I had turnyt oft,
Ffor weirines on me ane slummer soft
Come with ane dremyng and a fantesy. io
Me thocht Deme Fortoun with ane fremmit cheir
Stude me befome, and said on this maneir,
Thow suffer me to wirk gif thow do weill,
And preiss the nocht to stryfe aganis my quheill,
Quhilk every warldly thing dois turne and steir. 15
Full mony ane man 4 I turne vnto the 5 hicht,
And makis als mony full law to doun licht;
Vp-on my staigis or that thow6 ascend,
Trest weill thy truble neir is7 at ane end,
Seing thir taikinis, quhairfoir thow mark thame rycht. 20
1 M. R. all being. 2 M. R. so sair I wes. 3 From M. MS.
4 M. R. omit. 5 M. R. set vpone. 6 M. R. thow do. 7 M. R. is neir.
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XXXY.
[LUCINA SCHYNNYNG IN SILENCE OF
THE NICHT.]
LUCINA schynnyng in silence of the nicht,
The hevin being all1 full of sternis bricht,
To bed I went, bot thair I tuke no rest,
With havy thocht I wes so soir 2 opprest,
That sair I langit eftir [the] 3 dayis licht. 5
Off Fortoun I complenit hevely,
That scho to me stude so contrariowsly;
And at the last, quhen I had turnyt oft,
Ffor weirines on me ane slummer soft
Come with ane dremyng and a fantesy. io
Me thocht Deme Fortoun with ane fremmit cheir
Stude me befome, and said on this maneir,
Thow suffer me to wirk gif thow do weill,
And preiss the nocht to stryfe aganis my quheill,
Quhilk every warldly thing dois turne and steir. 15
Full mony ane man 4 I turne vnto the 5 hicht,
And makis als mony full law to doun licht;
Vp-on my staigis or that thow6 ascend,
Trest weill thy truble neir is7 at ane end,
Seing thir taikinis, quhairfoir thow mark thame rycht. 20
1 M. R. all being. 2 M. R. so sair I wes. 3 From M. MS.
4 M. R. omit. 5 M. R. set vpone. 6 M. R. thow do. 7 M. R. is neir.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of William Dunbar > Volume 2, 1893 > (165) |
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| Description | Edited by John Small. Introduction by AE.J.G. Mackay. Edinburgh: Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons, 1893. 3 volumes. Contents: I. Introduction by Æ. J.G. Mackay [including memoir] Appendix: References to Dunbar in the records. Table of Dunbar's poems according to probable dates. Note on the versification and metres of Dunbar, by G.P. M'Neill. Bibliography of Dunbar. Historical notices of persons alluded to in Dunbar's poems.--II. Poems, with prefatory note. Poems attributed to Dunbar.--III. Notes and glossary by Walter Gregor, and an appendix on the intercourse between Scotland and Denmark, by Æ. J.G. Mackay. |
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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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