Poems of Alexander Montgomerie And Other Pieces from Laing MS. No. 447: Supplementary Volume: Edited with Introduction, Appendices, Notes, and Glossary by George Stevenson |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
XXVI. |
XXVII. |
XXVIII. |
XXIX. |
XXX. |
XXXI. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXV. |
XXXVI. | XXXVI. [CONSIDER, MAN, HOW TYME DO PAS.] |
![]() | Poems of Alexander Montgomerie | ![]() |
247
XXXVI. [CONSIDER, MAN, HOW TYME DO PAS.]
Consider, man, how tyme do pas,And lykvayis how all fleche is gairss;
As tyme consumes þe strongest ark,
So daithe at last sell straik þe stark.
Thocht luistie ȝouthe dois bewtie beire,
Ȝitt ȝouthe, be aige, In tyme dois weir;
And aige at last a deithe doithe bringe
to riche & poure, emprioure & king.
Thairfoir liue as thow suldest die,
thay saull to saiv frome Iepardie;
And as þow waldest be done vnto,
So to þai nichtbouris alwayis do.
The hevinlie Ioyis at lenthe to sie
Lat faithe In chryst þi authour be.
![]() | Poems of Alexander Montgomerie | ![]() |