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XXIII. [I SERVE ANE DAME MOIR QUHEITER THAN THE SNAW.]
I serve ane dame moir quheiter than the snaw,Quhois straichtnes dois þe Ceder treis exceid,
Quhois teith surpasss þe oriant peirle in hew,
Quhois collourit lippis surmountis þe skarlet threid.
The hinging lokkis that cummis from hir heid,
Dois staingȝe the grace and glorie of þe gold;
The braith quhilk dois out of hir mouth proceid,
Dois moir than flouris a sweitar smell vnfauld.
Ȝit sche, allace, within hir breist dois hauld
Moir feirsnes than the lyoun feirs and vyld;
Sche hes ane hairt for seasoun hard and cauld,
That from my mynd all pleassur hes exyld.
Loo, this my dame dois work my lesting soir;
Ȝit will I serve, althocht I die thairfore.
I. Arnot.
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