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Herselfe more white, save rosie where The ruddy colour ranne: Whome naked nature, not the aydes Of arte made to excell) The good ...

And thus she reasons with herselfe, "Some fault perhaps in me; Somewhat is done, that soe he doth: Alas? what may it be? "How ma ...

Or of such yeelding beautie baulkt, But, tenne to one, had lied. Thus thought she: and she thus declares Her cause of coming the ...

"Sir, welcome home" (quoth shee); "this night For you I did not looke." Then did he question her of such His stuffe bestowed soe ...

VII. Dowsabel. .......................................................................................................... The fo ...

And for she was her fathers heire, Full well she was y-cond the leyre Of mickle curtesie. The silke well couth she twist and twi ...

That could he cut with sheere: His mittens were of bauzens skinne, His cockers were of cordiwin, His hood of meniveere. His aule ...

Sayth she, "Yet lever were I dead, Then I should lose my mayden-head, And all for love of men." Sayth he, "Yet are you too unkin ...

VIII. The Farewell fo Love. ....................................................................................... From Beaumon ...

IX. Ulysses and the Syren. ......................................................................................... This afford ...

To make us feele our joy; And ease findes tediousnes, as much As labour yeelds annoy." SYREN "Then pleasure likewise seethes the ...

For beauty hath created bin T' undoo or be undone." NOTES In this edition it is collated with a copy printed at the end of his ...

X. Cupid's Pastime. This beautiful poem, which possesses a classical elegance hardly to be expected in the age of James I. is pr ...

The more his wounds, the more his might, Love yielded strength amidst his pain. Her angry eyes were great with tears, She blames ...

XI. The Character of a Happy Life. ........................................................................... This little moral ...

XII. Gilderoy.............................................................................................................. Gild ...

And he gied me a wedding ring, Which I receiv'd wi' joy, Nae lad nor lassie eir could sing, Like me and Gilderoy. Wi' mickle joy ...

To hang sike handsome men: To hang the flower o' Scottish land, Sae sweet and fair a boy; Nae lady had sae white a hand As thee, ...

XIII. Winifreda. ......................................................................................................... This ...

XIV. The Witch of Wokey......................................................................................... This ballad was ...