Behind hire back, a yerdë long I gesse.
And in the gardin at the sonne uprist[[45]]
She walketh up and doun wher as hire list.[[46]]
She gathereth floures, partie white and red,
To make a sotel[[47]] gerlond for hire bed,
And as an angel hevenlich she song.
[40] Morning.
[41] See.
[42] Know not.
[43] Dressed.
[44] Describe.
[45] Sunrise.
[46] Wherever it pleases her.
[47] Subtle, cunningly enwoven.
ALISON.
[From the Millere's Tale.]
Fayre was this yongë wif, and therwithal