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 15, 2025.

Pages

                Brook 17; Ker 52
                
                  Wynter wakeneþ al my care  
                  Line 001 
                
                  nou þis leues waxeþ bare  
                  Line 002 
                
                  ofte y sike & mourne sare  
                  Line 003 
                
                  when hit comeþ in my þoht  
                  Line 004 
                
                  of þis worldes ioie hou hit geþ al to noht  
                  Line 005 
                
                  Nou hit is & nou hit nys  
                  Line 006 
                
                  also hit ner nere ywys  
                  Line 007 
                
                  þat moni mon seiþ soþ hit ys  
                  Line 008 
                
                  al goþ bote godes wille  
                  Line 009 
                
                  alle we shule deye þaþ vs like ylle  
                  Line 010 
                
                  al þat gren me graueþ grene  
                  Line 011 
                
                  nou hit faleweþ al bydene  
                  Line 012 
                
                  iesu help þat hit be sene  
                  Line 013 
                
                  ant shild vs from helle  
                  Line 014 
                
                  for y not whider y shal ne hou longe her duelle  
                  Line 015