The gay goldspink, the merll rycht myrralye,

The noyis of the nobyll nychtingalis

Redoundit throuch the montans, meids, and valis.

Contempling this melodious armonye,

Quhow everilke bird drest thame for tyl advance,

To saluss[575] Nature with thare melodye,

That I stude gasing, halfingis[576] in ane trance,

To heir thame mak thare naturall observance

So royallie that all the roches[577] rang

Throuch repurcussioun of thair suggurit sang.