Hie dies, anno redeunte, festus, etc.

1. [fol. 393.]

A while forget the scenes of woe,

Forbid a while the tears to flow,

The pitying sigh to rise.

Turn from the ax the thought away;

'Tis Charles that bids us crown the day,

And end the night in joys.

2.

So when bleak clouds and beating rain