The wordes wer swich as ye may heer finde,

The nexte vers, as I now have in minde.

Qui bien aime a tard oublie.

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'Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe,

That hast this wintres weders over-shake,

And driven awey the longe nightes blake!

Seynt Valentyn, that art ful hy on-lofte;—

Thus singen smale foules for thy sake—

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