The Harley lyrics

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Title
The Harley lyrics
Author
anonymous
Editor
Frances McSparran
Publication
London and New York: Published for the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press
1965
1948
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Oxford Text Archive number: U-1681-A

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"The Harley lyrics." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/HarLyr. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

Pages

Brook 11; Ker 43

Lenten ys come wiþ loue to toune Line 001 wiþ blosmen & wiþ briddes roune Line 002 þat al þis blisse bryngeþ Line 003 dayeseȝes in þis dales Line 004 notes suete of nyhtegales Line 005 vch foul song singeþ Line 006 þe þrestelcoc him þreteþ oo Line 007 away is huere wynter wo Line 008 when woderoue springeþ Line 009 þis foules singeþ ferly fele Line 010 ant wlyteþ on huere wynter wele Line 011 þat al þe wode ryngeþ Line 012

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Line 012 þe rose rayleþ hire rode Line 013 þe leues on þe lyhte wode Line 014 waxen al wiþ wille Line 015 þe mone mandeþ hire bleo Line 016 þe lilie is lossom to seo Line 017 þe fenyl & þe fille Line 018 wowes þis wilde drakes Line 019 Miles murgeþ huere makes Line 020 ase strem þat strikeþ stille Line 021 Mody meneþ so doh mo Line 022 Ichot ycham on of þo Line 023 for loue þat likes ille Line 024 þe mone mandeþ hire lyht Line 025 so doþ þe semly sonne bryht Line 026 when briddes singeþ breme Line 027 deawes donkeþ þe dounes Line 028 deores wiþ huere derne rounes Line 029 domes forte deme Line 030 wormes woweþ vnder cloude Line 031 wymmen waxeþ wounder proude Line 032 so wel hit wol hem seme Line 033 ȝef me shal wonte wille of on Line 034 þis wunne weole y wole forgon Line 035 ant wyht in wode be fleme Line 036
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