The canticles or Balades of Salomon phraselyke declared in Englysh Metres, by William Baldwin |
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xii. Christe to his Spouse.
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xii. Christe to his Spouse.
The argument.
Christ hauyng heard his Spouse prayse him for his bewtie and fauour through whiche she was made bewtifull and obtayned the bed of peace, and house in the last song declared, calleth nowe to mynde his humanitie: whiche after he hath euidently declared, he taketh therof a new occasion to prayse his Churche, syngyng.
The floure of the field am I,
That springeth alone, vnset:
Whome Mary brought furth fleshly,
Though man dyd me not beget,
Nor set.
That springeth alone, vnset:
Whome Mary brought furth fleshly,
Though man dyd me not beget,
Nor set.
Yet am not I lyke the flower
Whiche once beyng rype, doeth dye:
But as the violet hath power
Whose flower smelleth moste swetely,
So I.
Whiche once beyng rype, doeth dye:
But as the violet hath power
Whose flower smelleth moste swetely,
So I.
The Lilie am I lykewyse,
The glorious beautie bryght
Of the humble, who as vallies,
Ly low, doubtyng of theyr myght
To ryse.
The glorious beautie bryght
Of the humble, who as vallies,
Ly low, doubtyng of theyr myght
To ryse.
These vallies among below
Whome hilles set aloft, doe hyde:
I Christe for the more part grow,
By fayth in them I abyde,
Not slow.
Whome hilles set aloft, doe hyde:
I Christe for the more part grow,
By fayth in them I abyde,
Not slow.
And as I that am thy head
Am fayer, so art thou my Spouse:
For as Lilies whyte and read
In beautie far passe the bowes
Of thorne,
Am fayer, so art thou my Spouse:
For as Lilies whyte and read
In beautie far passe the bowes
Of thorne,
Euen so thou my Loue, doest passe
In fayth other daughters borne:
The vnfaythfull that doe not passe
To pricke thee muche wurse than thorne,
With howes.
In fayth other daughters borne:
To pricke thee muche wurse than thorne,
With howes.
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