3 Wiping the tears from her suffused eyes, 4 And bidding her sit down, to rest her faint 5 And weary limbs awhile. She, nothing quaint,

nothing > not at all, in no way quaint > fastidious, prim

6 Nor sdeignful of so homely fashion,

sdeignful > disdainful so > such [a] fashion > style, manner [of seating]

7 Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint,

Sith > Since so > such constraint > affliction, oppression

8 Sat down upon the dusty ground anon,

anon > straightway

9 As glad of that small rest, as bird of tempest gone.

tempest gone >