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A FRAGMENT:
IN IMITATION OF OLD ENGLISH POETRY.
A doughty knight yclad in armour brighte,
Was wending on a lone and mirksome way;
Whilom upon a damp and dreary nighte,
Where noughte appear'd mought travelled knight embay:
Ne house for entertainment, none was there
Where knight or pilgrim their foreswank mought eye;
But bushey brakes yblighted all and bare,
Where flitting elves were fond theire pranks to ply,
And selcouth baleful sights were rife to fearful eye.
Was wending on a lone and mirksome way;
Whilom upon a damp and dreary nighte,
Where noughte appear'd mought travelled knight embay:
Ne house for entertainment, none was there
Where knight or pilgrim their foreswank mought eye;
But bushey brakes yblighted all and bare,
Where flitting elves were fond theire pranks to ply,
And selcouth baleful sights were rife to fearful eye.
There as he chaunc'd withouten drad to steer
His wary course, the welkin 'gan to lower,
And forthwithe wighty ran the Levin clear,
And the blent Brond gan groul in fearful stowr:
Sith shelter none appear'd, none way accoid,
Straight thro' the glade believe he sturdy strode;
Nor boskets none impede, ne oughten noy'd;
'Till rising briskly all askaunt his roade,
Eftsoons a palace high with gelt embellish'd glode.
His wary course, the welkin 'gan to lower,
And forthwithe wighty ran the Levin clear,
And the blent Brond gan groul in fearful stowr:
Sith shelter none appear'd, none way accoid,
Straight thro' the glade believe he sturdy strode;
Nor boskets none impede, ne oughten noy'd;
'Till rising briskly all askaunt his roade,
Eftsoons a palace high with gelt embellish'd glode.
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Undaunten then he vell'd his puissant blade,
And straight approach'd, but suddain 'gan to gnarre
Huge beasts that walethen there and bragly bade
Ingate to straunger, and all entrance marre:
And over walls with threat'ning gazement stood,
With bronduous and gleaming spears in honde,
Knights, with habergeons ydyed in bloud,
From which breme guise full many a wight has conn'd,
That knight or squire with such, no shew of favour fond.
And straight approach'd, but suddain 'gan to gnarre
Huge beasts that walethen there and bragly bade
Ingate to straunger, and all entrance marre:
And over walls with threat'ning gazement stood,
With bronduous and gleaming spears in honde,
Knights, with habergeons ydyed in bloud,
From which breme guise full many a wight has conn'd,
That knight or squire with such, no shew of favour fond.
At length a gorgeous barbicon unsparr'd,
Forth came a bellebon in courteous wise,
Ypaying much respect and meek belgard,
That queen, no less she seem'd in such fair guise;
The knight 'gan frize, and stond in stupid traunce,
To see such beauty fiker, none more fair,
When from her honey mouth these wordes: [OMITTED]
Forth came a bellebon in courteous wise,
Ypaying much respect and meek belgard,
That queen, no less she seem'd in such fair guise;
The knight 'gan frize, and stond in stupid traunce,
To see such beauty fiker, none more fair,
When from her honey mouth these wordes: [OMITTED]
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