On ydel for to wryte it sholde I swinke,
Whan that my wit is wery it to thinke.
40. On hevene yet the sterres were sene,
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Al-though ful pale y-waxen was the mone;
And whyten gan the orisonte shene
Al estward, as it woned is to done.
And Phebus with his rosy carte sone
Gan after that to dresse him up to fare,
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