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THE CHERRY AND >E SLAE.
laing]
F. 20 i.
23-
The cherreis hang abone my heid, 305
Lyk tuinkling rubeis round and reid,
so hie vp in ]?e heuch;
quhais schaddow in ]>e rever schew,
als graithlie glansing, as J>ai grew
on trimbling tuiskis tench ; 310
quMk bowit throw burding of ]>air byrth,
Inclyni«g doune ]?air toppis :
reflex of phebus in }>e firth
now cullorit all Jrair knoppis,
â– with dansing, and glansing, 315
In tirlis1 lik dornik champ ;
with stremmg and lemiwg,
throw lychtnes 2 of J>at lamp.
24.
W/t^ emest ey, ]?air I espy
the fruit betuix me and J>e sky, 320
half gait almaist to hevin;
the craige so heych of growth and tryme,3
as ony arrow evin ;
I callit to mynd how daphnes did
Into the Lowrell schrink, 325
quhan frome appollo scho hir hid:
Ane thowsand tymes I think
that trie hair, to me hair,
als hie as lowrell thoo^t:
and spying, but trying, 330
to get the fruit I tho^t.4
1 MS. cuik. 2 MS. ‘lycchtles.’
3 The scribe has run two lines into one. See opposite page.
4 See the better reading on opposite page.
THE CHERRY AND >E SLAE.
laing]
F. 20 i.
23-
The cherreis hang abone my heid, 305
Lyk tuinkling rubeis round and reid,
so hie vp in ]?e heuch;
quhais schaddow in ]>e rever schew,
als graithlie glansing, as J>ai grew
on trimbling tuiskis tench ; 310
quMk bowit throw burding of ]>air byrth,
Inclyni«g doune ]?air toppis :
reflex of phebus in }>e firth
now cullorit all Jrair knoppis,
â– with dansing, and glansing, 315
In tirlis1 lik dornik champ ;
with stremmg and lemiwg,
throw lychtnes 2 of J>at lamp.
24.
W/t^ emest ey, ]?air I espy
the fruit betuix me and J>e sky, 320
half gait almaist to hevin;
the craige so heych of growth and tryme,3
as ony arrow evin ;
I callit to mynd how daphnes did
Into the Lowrell schrink, 325
quhan frome appollo scho hir hid:
Ane thowsand tymes I think
that trie hair, to me hair,
als hie as lowrell thoo^t:
and spying, but trying, 330
to get the fruit I tho^t.4
1 MS. cuik. 2 MS. ‘lycchtles.’
3 The scribe has run two lines into one. See opposite page.
4 See the better reading on opposite page.
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| Description | And other pieces from Laing MS. No. 447. Supplementary volume. Edited with introduction, appendices, notes and glossary by George Stevenson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1910. |
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