The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900, Volume 1Arthur Quiller-Couch |
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Page 28
... Fire , erd , air , and water cleir , To Him gife loving , most and lest , That come in to so meik maneir ; Et nobis Puer natus est . Synnaris be glad , and penance do , And thank your Maker hairtfully ; For he that ye micht nocht come ...
... Fire , erd , air , and water cleir , To Him gife loving , most and lest , That come in to so meik maneir ; Et nobis Puer natus est . Synnaris be glad , and penance do , And thank your Maker hairtfully ; For he that ye micht nocht come ...
Page 53
... fire , In the mind ever burning , Never sick , never dead , never cold , From tself never turning . The Lover in Winter Plaineth for the Spring O 16th Cent . ( ? ) WESTERN wind , when wilt thou blow That the small rain down can rain ...
... fire , In the mind ever burning , Never sick , never dead , never cold , From tself never turning . The Lover in Winter Plaineth for the Spring O 16th Cent . ( ? ) WESTERN wind , when wilt thou blow That the small rain down can rain ...
Page 71
... fire Kindlit without desire , Short pleasure , long displeasure , Repentance is the hire ; Ane pure tressour without measour ; Love is ane fervent fire . To love and to be wise , To rage with good advice ; Now thus , now than , so gois ...
... fire Kindlit without desire , Short pleasure , long displeasure , Repentance is the hire ; Ane pure tressour without measour ; Love is ane fervent fire . To love and to be wise , To rage with good advice ; Now thus , now than , so gois ...
Page 78
... fire ; A little bread shall do me stead ; . Much bread I not desire . No frost nor snow , no wind , I trow , Can hurt me if I wold ; I am so wrapp'd and thoroughly lapp'd Of jolly good ale and old . Back and side go bare , go bare , & c ...
... fire ; A little bread shall do me stead ; . Much bread I not desire . No frost nor snow , no wind , I trow , Can hurt me if I wold ; I am so wrapp'd and thoroughly lapp'd Of jolly good ale and old . Back and side go bare , go bare , & c ...
Page 93
... fire now drown'd in woe they lie . And none but Love their woeful hap did rue , For Love did know that their desires were true ; Though fate frowned , And now drownèd They in sorrow dwell , It was the purest light of heav'n for whose ...
... fire now drown'd in woe they lie . And none but Love their woeful hap did rue , For Love did know that their desires were true ; Though fate frowned , And now drownèd They in sorrow dwell , It was the purest light of heav'n for whose ...
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