[And by himself he walketh sobrely],

1760

Thimage of her recording alwey newe;

'Thus lay her heer, and thus fresh was her hewe;

Thus sat, thus spak, thus span; this was her chere,

Thus fair she was, and this was her manere.'

Al this conceit his herte hath now y-take.

1765

And, as the see, with tempest [al to-shake],

That, after whan the storm is al ago,