The Poetical Works of John Skelton principally according to the edition of the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In three volumes |
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To maystres Iane Blenner-Haiset.
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To maystres Iane Blenner-Haiset.
What though my penne wax faynt,
And hath smale lust to paint?
Yet shall there no restraynt
Cause me to cese,
Amonge this prese,
For to encrese
Yowre goodly name.
And hath smale lust to paint?
Yet shall there no restraynt
Cause me to cese,
Amonge this prese,
For to encrese
Yowre goodly name.
I wyll my selfe applye,
Trust me, ententifly,
Yow for to stellyfye;
And so obserue
That ye ne swarue
For to deserue
Immortall fame.
Trust me, ententifly,
Yow for to stellyfye;
And so obserue
That ye ne swarue
For to deserue
Immortall fame.
Sith mistres Iane Haiset
Smale flowres helpt to sett
In my goodly chapelet,
Therfore I render of her the memory
Vnto the legend of fare Laodomi.
Smale flowres helpt to sett
In my goodly chapelet,
Therfore I render of her the memory
Vnto the legend of fare Laodomi.
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