1 A little lowly hermitage it was, 2 Down in a dale, hard by a forest's side, 3 Far from resort of people that did pass 4 In travel to and fro: a little wide
wide > apart
5 There was a holy chapel edified,
edified > built
6 Wherein the hermit duly wont to say
wont > was accustomed
7 His holy things each morn and eventide: 8 Thereby a crystal stream did gently play, 9 Which from a sacred fountain welled forth alway.
alway > always
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Arriued there, the little house they fill,
2 Ne looke for entertainement, where none was:
Rest is their feast, and all things at their will;
4 The noblest mind the best contentment has.
With faire discourse the euening so they pas:
6 For that old man of pleasing wordes had store,
And well could file his tongue as smooth as glas;
8 He told of Saintes and Popes, and +euermore+
He strowd an Aue-Mary after and before.