Poems of John Stewart of Baldyneiss From the MS. in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh: Edited by Thomas Crockett |
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THE SVMME OF
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THE SVMME OF THIS VORK.
As litill lark Althocht hir vings be smallDois hich presume to mont vp in the air,
So vold I flie Bot ȝit I feir ane fall.
Hoip bids mak to, “Stand still,” sayis dull dispair,
Ȝit clym I sall, But not vith mundan cair
for gaine of gould Or onie vorldlie gloir.
I vill ascend the vay to lyf preclair,
And first vill help of Charetie Imploir,
Nixt be the fair humiliteis guid loir
My course to labor sall derectlie tend,
Syn veretie and constance sall restoir
Me frie of vyce: Than think I weill to end,
for quhan experience hes me teitchit plaine,
Be hoip I sall felicitie attaine.
This is the summe that I intend to dyt,
God grant me grace to bind it vp perfyt.
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