Was flowen fro the grounde so hyë,
That al the world, as to myn yë,
No more semed than a [prikke];
(400)
Or elles was the air so thikke
That I ne mighte not discerne.
910
With that he spak to me as yerne,
And seyde: 'Seestow any [toun]
Or ought thou knowest yonder doun?'