The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie Edited by James Cranstoun |
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The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie | ||
I. A DESCRIPTION OF TYME.
Tak tyme in tym, or tym will not be tane;
Thairfor tak tent hou thou this tyme suld tak:
Sho hes no hold, to hold hir by, bot ane;
A toppe befor, bot beld behind hir bak.
Let thou hir slippe, or slipperly grou slak,
Thou gettis no grippe agane fra sho be gane.
If thou wald speid, remember vhat I spak;
Tak tyme in tyme, or tym will not be tane.
Thairfor tak tent hou thou this tyme suld tak:
Sho hes no hold, to hold hir by, bot ane;
A toppe befor, bot beld behind hir bak.
Let thou hir slippe, or slipperly grou slak,
Thou gettis no grippe agane fra sho be gane.
If thou wald speid, remember vhat I spak;
Tak tyme in tyme, or tym will not be tane.
For I haif hard in adagies of auld,
That tyme dois waist and weir all things auay;
Then trou the taill that treu men oft hes tauld—
A turne in tyme is ay worth other tuay.
Siklyk, I haif hard oft-tymis suith men say,
That negligence ȝit nevir furtherit nane;
Als, seindle tymis luck foloues long delayis.
Tak tyme in tyme, or tyme will not be tane.
That tyme dois waist and weir all things auay;
Then trou the taill that treu men oft hes tauld—
A turne in tyme is ay worth other tuay.
Siklyk, I haif hard oft-tymis suith men say,
That negligence ȝit nevir furtherit nane;
Als, seindle tymis luck foloues long delayis.
Tak tyme in tyme, or tyme will not be tane.
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