The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...

                                
                                  Þou þat neuere seȝe Duyk Henri, [exemplum] 
                                
                                  Þat þe newe werk of Leycetre reised on hiȝ:
                                  Line 164 
                                
                                  Þer-bi maiȝt þou wel wyte and se
                                
                                  Þat he was lord of gret pouste
                                
                                  Þat hit made of his owne cost—
                                
                                  I hope he naue þeron not lost.
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  Þe makyng of vche a creature
                                
                                  Such is [r. Schewis?]  godes miȝt wiþ-oute Mesure.
                                
                                  And bi þe ordre of vch a kynde
                                
                                  His wit we sen but we be blynde;
                                  Line 172 
                                
                                  And bi þe creatures meyntenyng
                                
                                  Of his godnes we han witeryng.
                                
                                  So long and Brod as is þis world,
                                
                                  Heiȝ and dep, scheweþ him a lord
                                  Line 176 
                                
                                  Of Miht and pouwer gret saunȝfaile,
                                
                                  Al made of nouȝt wiþ-oute trauayle.
                                
                                   [vv. 179-192 wanting in the Spec.] Eyr & ffuir on heiȝ ben founde,
                                
                                  Water and Erþe heuy at grounde:
                                  Line 180 
                                
                                  Of his wisdam hit scheweþ a part,
                                
                                  And so to Ioyne hem a ful gret art.
                                
                                  Hedde fuir and water to-geder ben set,
                                
                                  Not wysli don men wolden han let,
                                  Line 184 
                                
                                  Þat On þat oþer wolde distruye;
                                
                                  Hedde Eir be Ioyned to eorþe so druye,
                                
                                  Hit wolde for chyne, for to seye soþ,
                                
                                  No fruit wolde bere as hit now doþ.
                                  Line 188 
                                
                                  Water and Erþe are meynt to-gidere,
                                
                                  ffor grene þing schulde not al to-whidere.
                                
                                  Gret wit and wisdam, as I ow tolde
                                
                                  In God ȝit ȝe may be-holde: [In the MS. vv. 189-190 & 191-2 are transposed.] 
                                
                                  How summe creaturs al-on
                                
                                  Han beoynge of him, as stok and ston;
                                
                                  And summe, as treo and gras and flour,
                                
                                  Han lyf, but Ioye non ne no dolour;
                                  Line 196 
                                
                                  Summe ben & liuen & fleon [r. felen]  lykyng,
                                
                                  As Beest and ffoul and ffisch fletyng;
                                
                                  Ouer alle þeose Mon bereþ þe pris,
                                
                                  ffor he haþ reson to make him wys—
                                  Line 200 
                                
                                  Þat makeþ hym peringal lo here
                                
                                  To Angeles of heuene, to ben heor feere.

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Title: The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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Publication: London,: Pub. by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., for the Early English Text Society,; 1892-1901.
Subject terms: English poetry

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