And waxe anon of thoght so full,

Wherof mi limes ben so dull, 150

I mai unethes gon the pas.[714]

For thus it is and evere was,[715]

Whanne I on suche thoghtes muse,

The lust and merthe that men use,

Whan I se noght mi ladi byme,

Al is foryete for the time

So ferforth that mi wittes changen

And alle lustes fro me strangen,