[35] One.
[36] Since.
[37] Ask.
[38] Two.
[39] Hearken.

EMELIE IN THE GARDEN.

[From the Knightes Tale.]

Thus passeth yere by yere, and day by day,

Till it felle onës in a morwe[[40]] of May

That Emelie, that fayrer was to sene[[41]]

Than is the lilie upon his stalkë grene,

And fresher than the May with flourës newe,

(For with the rose colour strof hire hewe;

I n'ot[[42]] which was the finer of hem two)