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LXVII.
[OF CONTENT.]
OUHO thinkis that he hes sufficience,
Of gudis hes no1 indigence;
Thocht he haue nowder2 land nor rent,
Grit3 mycht, nor hie4 magnificence,
He hes anewch5 that is content. 5
Quho had all riches6 vnto Ynd,
And wer not satisfiet in mynd,
With powertie I hald him schent;
Off covatyce sic is the kynd :
He hes anewch that is content. 10
Thairfoir I pray }ow, breder7 deir,
Not to delyt in8 daynteis seir;
Thank God of it is to the sent,
And of it glaidlie mak gud cheir:
He hes anewch that is content. 15
Defy the9 warld, feyn^eit and fals,
With gall in hart, and hwnyt10 hals:
Quha maist it servis sail sonast11 repent:
Off quhais subchettis12 sour is the sals :
He hes anewch that is content. 20
1 R. And of guids hes non. 2 R. nether. 3 R. Great.
4 R. 3itt. 6 R. enowch. 6 R. Quha all the riches had.
7 R. Quhairfoir thocht thow my brother. 8 R. Not schervit be with.
9 R. this. 10 R. hony in. 11 R. Quho maist it schervis maist sail.
12 R. quhois surcharge.
LXVII.
[OF CONTENT.]
OUHO thinkis that he hes sufficience,
Of gudis hes no1 indigence;
Thocht he haue nowder2 land nor rent,
Grit3 mycht, nor hie4 magnificence,
He hes anewch5 that is content. 5
Quho had all riches6 vnto Ynd,
And wer not satisfiet in mynd,
With powertie I hald him schent;
Off covatyce sic is the kynd :
He hes anewch that is content. 10
Thairfoir I pray }ow, breder7 deir,
Not to delyt in8 daynteis seir;
Thank God of it is to the sent,
And of it glaidlie mak gud cheir:
He hes anewch that is content. 15
Defy the9 warld, feyn^eit and fals,
With gall in hart, and hwnyt10 hals:
Quha maist it servis sail sonast11 repent:
Off quhais subchettis12 sour is the sals :
He hes anewch that is content. 20
1 R. And of guids hes non. 2 R. nether. 3 R. Great.
4 R. 3itt. 6 R. enowch. 6 R. Quha all the riches had.
7 R. Quhairfoir thocht thow my brother. 8 R. Not schervit be with.
9 R. this. 10 R. hony in. 11 R. Quho maist it schervis maist sail.
12 R. quhois surcharge.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of William Dunbar > Volume 2, 1893 > (246) |
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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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