And joy full of tormentry.

A laughter it is, weeping aye;

Rest, that travaileth night and day;

Also a sweet Hell it is,

And a sorrowful Paradise;[1]

A pleasant gaol, and an easy prison,

And full of froste, summer season;

Prime-time, full of froste’s white,

And May devoid of all delight.”

“Mesment de ceste amour