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ROLAND FURIOVS.
SONNET.
Sene vyce oft tyms dois breid be ydle thocht,
And I my self Imployd vith litle thing,
Sum myrrie sempill subiect haif I socht
for occupation Instantlie to sing
Vnto 3our grace, Quhois courtassie bening
So vill accept, I hoip, this meteir myn
Amongs the grawe effeirris of Ane king
As vattir vaeik to mix 3our mychtie vyn :
Vey not the versis of my dull Ingyn,
Bot schers the center of my secret thocht,
And vith the sueitnes of ^our Muse deuyn
Reuis this vork, quhilk I haif Raschlie vrocht,
And of 3our meiknes A1 my miss amend,
And not vith me 3our seruitour offend.
SONNET.
Sene vyce oft tyms dois breid be ydle thocht,
And I my self Imployd vith litle thing,
Sum myrrie sempill subiect haif I socht
for occupation Instantlie to sing
Vnto 3our grace, Quhois courtassie bening
So vill accept, I hoip, this meteir myn
Amongs the grawe effeirris of Ane king
As vattir vaeik to mix 3our mychtie vyn :
Vey not the versis of my dull Ingyn,
Bot schers the center of my secret thocht,
And vith the sueitnes of ^our Muse deuyn
Reuis this vork, quhilk I haif Raschlie vrocht,
And of 3our meiknes A1 my miss amend,
And not vith me 3our seruitour offend.
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Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Poems of John Stewart of Baldynneis > (24) |
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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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