If in the hondes of som wrecche I falle,

I am but lost, al be myn herte trewe;

Now mighty god, thou on my sorwe rewe!'

102. Ful pale y-waxen was hir brighte face,

Hir limes lene, as she that al the day

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Stood whan she dorste, and loked on the place

Ther she was born, and ther she dwelt hadde ay.

And al the night wepinge, allas! she lay.

And thus despeired, out of alle cure,