“Up I rose three hourés after twelfe
About the springing of the gladsome day,
And on I put my gear and mine array,
And to a pleasant grove I ’gan to pass
Long ere the brighté sun uprisen was;
“In which were oakés great, straight as a line,
Under the which the grass so fresh of hue
Was newly sprung; and an eight foot or nine
Evéry tree well from his fellow grew,
With branches broad laden with leavés new,