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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
207
[laing MS.
And sen I schaw ]?e suith full sueit
To 30W but weir,
Ane temperat tree will bear gud frute 55
Ainis in )>£ jeir,
Althor^t }?e branches dois nochi glance
In wemenis eie;
3it for jour humble obseruance,
Sueit hert haif reuth on mee.” 60
“ As fragrant1 flouris of eloquence
I neuer knew,
Now as I sie, je man go hence,
And nocht persew,
F. 7 b. Nor braik jour brane for me in vane 65
In ony wayis,
For sindrie tymes I schew [je] plane
Thair was na mayis.
Go,2 plant jour treis quhair euer je pleis,
And latt me bee; 70
Ressaue jour frute wfth mekill eis,
And seik na luif of mee.”
“Now, I possessour of all cair,
Sueit ladie fair,
Till oppin my pak and sell no wair, 75
I say no mair,
For gif my life lay in jour luif,
Than war I lost;
Quhen I offend, je may repruif
Me wfth gryte host 80
Heir as I meane je may obstene
From feminie,
Les nor jour grace, do as je meane :
Sueit hairt haif reuth on me.”
1 MS. flagrant.
2 MS. To.
207
[laing MS.
And sen I schaw ]?e suith full sueit
To 30W but weir,
Ane temperat tree will bear gud frute 55
Ainis in )>£ jeir,
Althor^t }?e branches dois nochi glance
In wemenis eie;
3it for jour humble obseruance,
Sueit hert haif reuth on mee.” 60
“ As fragrant1 flouris of eloquence
I neuer knew,
Now as I sie, je man go hence,
And nocht persew,
F. 7 b. Nor braik jour brane for me in vane 65
In ony wayis,
For sindrie tymes I schew [je] plane
Thair was na mayis.
Go,2 plant jour treis quhair euer je pleis,
And latt me bee; 70
Ressaue jour frute wfth mekill eis,
And seik na luif of mee.”
“Now, I possessour of all cair,
Sueit ladie fair,
Till oppin my pak and sell no wair, 75
I say no mair,
For gif my life lay in jour luif,
Than war I lost;
Quhen I offend, je may repruif
Me wfth gryte host 80
Heir as I meane je may obstene
From feminie,
Les nor jour grace, do as je meane :
Sueit hairt haif reuth on me.”
1 MS. flagrant.
2 MS. To.
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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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| 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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