The Tale of Sir Thopas
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The sperhauk and þe popyngay
That Ioye it was to heere
The þrostilkok made eek his lay
The woode dowfe vpon þe spray
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Sche sang ful loude and cleere
Sire Thopas feƚƚ in loue longyng
And whan he herde þe þrustel syng
And priked as he were wood
His faire steede in his prikynge
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So swette þat men migħt him wrynge
Syre Thopas eek so wery was
For prykyng on þe softe gras
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That doun he leyde him in þat place
To maken his steede som solace
What eyleþ þis loue at me
Me dremed al þis night parde
An elf queen schal my lemman be
An Elf queene wol I loue ywys
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For in þis worlde no man is
And to an elf queen I me bytake
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By dale and eek by downe
In to his sadel he cam anon
And prikeþ ouer stile and ston
And elf queene for to aspie
Til he so longe haþ ryden and gon
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That he fond in a priue woon