while the descriptions, which breathe of rural sights and sounds, show that nature has suffered no change:—
“Sumer is icumen in,
Lhudè sing cuccu;
Groweth sed and bloweth med,
And springeth the wdè nu;
Sing cuccu.
Awe bleteth after lamb,
Lhouth after calvè cu;
Bulluc sterteth, buckè verteth,
Murie sing cuccu;