They proyned hem, and made[n] hem right gay,
And daunseden, and lepten on the spray,
And evermore two and two in-fere;
Right so as they had chosen hem to-yere
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In Feverere, on seint Valentynes day.
And eke the river, that I sat upon,
It made suche a noise, as it ron,
Accordaunt with the briddes armonye,
Me thoughte, it was the best[e] melodye