Blow, Northerne Wind
1 Blow, northerne wynd, 2 Send thou me my suetyng! 3 Blow, northerne wynd, 4 Blou, blou, blou!
5 Ichot a burde in bour{.e} bryht, 6 That fully semly is on syht, 7 Menskful maiden of myht, 8 Feir ant fre to fond{.e}; 9 In al this wurhlich{.e} won, 10A burde of blod and of bon 11 Never yete y nust{.e} non 12 Lussomore in lond{.e}.
13 With lokk{.e}s lefliche and long{.e}, 14 With frount and fac{.e} feir to fong{.e}, 15 With murth{.e}s moni{.e} mote heo mong{.e}, 16 That brid so breme in bour{.e}; 17With lossom ey{.e}, grete ant god{.e}, 18 With browen blysfol under hod{.e}; 19 He that reste him on the rod{.e} 20 That leflich lyf honour{.e}!
21 Hire lur{.e} lum{.e}s liht 22Ase a launterne a nyht, 23 Hire bleo blykyeth so bryht: 24 So feyr heo is ant fyn! 25 A suetly suyre heo hath to hold{.e}, 26With arm{.e}s, shuldr{.e}, ase mon wold{.e}, 27 Ant fyngres feyr{.e} fort{.e} fold{.e}, 28 God wolde hue wer{.e} myn!
29 Middel heo hath menskful smal; 30 Hire loveliche cher{.e} as cristal; 31They{.e}s, legg{.e}s, fet, ant al, 32 Ywraht is of the best{.e}. 33 A lussum ledy last{.e}les 34That sweting is, and ever wes; 35 A betere burd{.e} never nes 36 Yhery{.e}d with the hest{.e}.
37 Heo is der{.e}worthe in day, 38Gracious{.e}, stout, and gay, 39 Gentil, jolyf so the jay, 40 Worhlich{.e} when heo waketh. 41 Maiden murgest of mouth; 42Bi est, bi west, by north and south, 43 Thér nis fithel{.e} ne crouth 44 That such murth{.e}s maketh.
45 Heo is coral of godness{.e}, 46Heo is rubie of ryhtfulness{.e}, 47 Heo is cristal of clanness{.e}, 48 Ant baner of bealté; 49Heo is lilie of largess{.e}, 50 Heo is paruenke of prouess{.e}, 51 Heo is solsecle of suetness{.e},
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