Vnwunne haueþ myn wonges wet,

Þat makeþ me rouþes rede;

Ne sem i nout þer y am set,

Þer me calleþ me fule flet

And waynoun! wayteglede.

This stanza is also frequently used in Modern English, e.g. by Thomas Moore, Nay, do not weep.

A similar stanza on the model a4 b2 a a4 b2 is used by Moore in Echo (ii. 211):

How sweet the answer Echo makes

To music at night,

When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,