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LAING MS.]
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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I.
[LUIF STILL IN HOPE WITH PACIENCE.]
UIF still in hope with pacience,
My gentill hairt, for all thy woo.
Quhy ar[t] thow euer so [in] suspence ?
Quhy threat je in jour body so ?
Quhy is all plesure past je fro ? 5
Quhy art thow so dismaid but sence ?
Quhy art thow to thy self sic fo ?
Luif still in hope wztA pacience.
F. 8 b. Altho^t I leive in mirthles mone,
Half mingled wz'th melancolie, 10
Wald god }>e day sail come anone,
That ]?ow thy awin desyre sail sie;
AlthocAt it cum nor/zt instantlie,
As je wald wife with diligence,
3 it on na wayis je weirie be, 15
Bot luif in hope with pacience.
In Luifis court quha listis to duell,
At euerye schoure ]?ai may nocht schrink,
Bot oft man suffer stormes fell,
And of J>e well of dolozzr drink ; 20
No thing can gar }?ame wray nor wrink,
No thing can do to thame offence,
Bot pacientlie that thay will think,
To luif in hope with pacience.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
♦
I.
[LUIF STILL IN HOPE WITH PACIENCE.]
UIF still in hope with pacience,
My gentill hairt, for all thy woo.
Quhy ar[t] thow euer so [in] suspence ?
Quhy threat je in jour body so ?
Quhy is all plesure past je fro ? 5
Quhy art thow so dismaid but sence ?
Quhy art thow to thy self sic fo ?
Luif still in hope wztA pacience.
F. 8 b. Altho^t I leive in mirthles mone,
Half mingled wz'th melancolie, 10
Wald god }>e day sail come anone,
That ]?ow thy awin desyre sail sie;
AlthocAt it cum nor/zt instantlie,
As je wald wife with diligence,
3 it on na wayis je weirie be, 15
Bot luif in hope with pacience.
In Luifis court quha listis to duell,
At euerye schoure ]?ai may nocht schrink,
Bot oft man suffer stormes fell,
And of J>e well of dolozzr drink ; 20
No thing can gar }?ame wray nor wrink,
No thing can do to thame offence,
Bot pacientlie that thay will think,
To luif in hope with pacience.
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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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