The parlament of foules, by Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed., with introduction, notes, and glossary, by T. R. Lounsbury.

60 THE PARLAMENT OF FOULES.

XXVIII.
On euery bow the bryddis herde I synge, Igo
With voys of aungel in here armonye;
Some besyede hem here bryddis forth to brynge;
The litele conyes to here pley gupne hye;
And ferthere al aboute I gan aspye
The dredful ro, the buk, and hert and hynde, I95
Squyrelis, and bestis smale of gentil kynde.
XXIX.
Of instrumentis of stringis in acord
Herde I so pleye a rauyshing swetnesse,
That God, that makere is of al and lord,
Ne herde nieuere betyr, as I gesse: 200
Therwith a wynd - onethe it myght be lesseMade in the leuys grene a noyse softe
Acordaunt to the bryddis song alofte.
XXX.
The eyr of that place so attempre was,
That neuere was greuaunce of hot ne cold; 205
There was ek euery holsum spice and gras;
Ne no man there may waxe sek ne old;
Yit was there joye more a thousand fold
Than man can telle, ne neuere was it nyghte,
But ay cler day to any manys syghte. 210
192. [Some] So. 206. [gras] gres.
197. [instrumenwis] Instreumentis. 207. Ne wanting in this MS.
197. [stringis] strengis. 207. [there may vwaxe] may waxe there.
198. [a] &. 208. [thousand] thousent.
204. [eyr] erthe. 209. [was] wolde.
206. [was] wex. 210. [any] ony.