ANONYMOUS (SCOTTISH)
Quhen all luvaris rejoicit benc And most desirous of their prey,
I heard a lusty luvar mene
- I luve, but I dare nocht assay!
'Strong are the pains I daily prove,
But yet with patience I sustene, I am so fetterit with the luve
Only of my lady sheen,
Quhilk for her beauty micht be queen, Nature so craftily alway
Has done depaint that sweet serene: Quhom I luve I dare nocht assay.
'She is so bricht of hyd and hue,
I luve but her alone, I ween, Is none her luve that may eschew,
That blinkis of that dulce amene;
So comely cleir are her twa een That she mac luvaris dois affray
Than ever of Greece did fair Hclene: Quhom I luve I dare nocht assay
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��5P Lusty May
1 6th Cent
LUSTY May, with Flora queen' The balmy dropis from Phoebus sheen Preluciand beams before the day. By that Diana growis green
Through gladness of this lusty May.
5<? mene] mourn. hyd] skin. blinkis] gets a glimpse dulce amene] gentle and pleasant one. mae] more. 59 sheen] bright.
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