Anonymous British

Spring-tide

Lenten ys come with love to toune, With blosmen and with briddes roune, That al this blisse bryngeth; Dayes-eyes in this dales, Notes suete of nyhtegales, Uch foul song singeth; The threstelcoc him threteth oo, Away is huere wynter wo, When woderove springeth; Thise foules singeth ferly fele, Ant wlyteth on huere wunne wele, That all the wode ryngeth. The rose rayleth hire rode, The leves on the lyhte wode Waxen al with wille; The mone mandeth hire bleo, The lilie is lossom to seo, The fenyl and the fille; Wowes thise wilde drakes, Miles murgeth huere makes Ase strem that striketh stille. Mody meneth; so doth mo (Ichot ych am on of tho) For loue that likes ille. The mone mandeth hire lygt, So doth the semly sonne bryht, When briddes singeth breme; Deawes donketh the dounes, Deores with huere derne rounes Domes for to deme; Wormes woweth under cloude, Wymmen waxeth wounder proude, So wel hit wol hem seme, Yef me shal wonte wille of on, This wunne weole y wole forgon Ant wyht in wode be fleme. 'him threteth oo': is aye chiding. huere: their. woderove: woodruff. 'ferly fele': marvellous many. 'wlyteth etc. ': herself in red. 'mandeth hire bleo': sends forth her light. 'lossom to seo': lovesome to see. fille: thyme. wowes: flows. 'mody meneth': the passionate man makes moan. 'so doth mo': so do others. 'on of tho': one of them. breme: lustily. deawes: dews. donketh: make dank. deores: animals. 'huere derne rounes': their secret cries. 'domes for to deme': whereby they converse. cloude: clod. 'wunne weole': wealth of joy. fleme: fugitive.