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The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie

Edited by James Cranstoun

Montgomerie, Alexander (1545?-1598)

POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE.

I. THE BANKIS OF HELICON.

II.

II. [MY LADYIS PULCRITUD.]

III.

III. [WHEN ȜE WERE PLESIT.]

IV.

IV. [QUHY SOWLD I LUVE.]

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XXXVIII. [THE SAME.]

I wyt myne ee for vieuing of my wo;
I wyt myn earis for heiring my mishap;
I wyt my senses vhilks dissavit me so;
I wyt acquentance that in credit crap;

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I wyt the trane that took me with a trap;
I wyt affectione formest to the feild;
I wyt misluk that suld me [so enwrap;]
I wyt my ȝouth that bot a promeis ȝeild;
I wyt my stomoch wes not stoutly ste[ild;]
I wyt hir looks vhilk left me not alane;
I wyt my wisdome suld haif bene my sheild;
I wyt my tongue that told vhen I wes ta[ne:]
Had I my counsell keepit vndeclairde,
I might haif dred, bot deidly not dispairde.