And leves be large and long,

Hit[76] is full merry in feyre foreste

To here the foulys[77] song.

To se the dere draw to the dale

And leve the hillės hee,

And shadow him in the levės grene

Under the green-wode tree.

Hit befell on Whitsontide

Early in a May mornyng,

The Sonne up fairė gan shyne,