Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas. Edited with introd., appendix, notes, and glossary. [n.p.]Scottish Text Society, 1897.

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                                    Sche fell flat to þe flore, whan sche hire fande,
                                  
                                    And carped to him kyndely, as sche wele cowde:
                                  
                                    "Sire, I wrethed ȝow neuer, at my witand,
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                                    Neythir in worde no in werke, in elde no in ȝowde."
                                  
                                    Sche couerde on hire knes, and kissid his hande:
                                  
                                    "For I am dampned I ne dare disparage ȝour mowthe."
                                  
                                    Was neuer a sorowfuler syht be see no be sande,
                                  
                                    Nor a dolefuler partyng be north ne be sowthe,
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                                    Als þore.
                                  
                                    He toke þe fetteres fro hir fete,
                                  
                                    And ofte kyssyd he þat swete:
                                  
                                    "In oþer werld sal we mete."
                                  
                                    Sayde he no more.

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Title: Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas. Edited with introd., appendix, notes, and glossary. [n.p.]Scottish Text Society, 1897.
Author: Amours, François Joseph, 1841-1910.
Canvas: Page 228
Publication: New York,: Johnson Reprint Corp.; [1966]
Subject terms: Scottish poetry

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