“The rose, the lillyis, and the violet,

Unpullit, sone ar with the wind ouirset,

And fallis doun but[620] ony frut, I wis:

Thairfore I say, sen that no-thing may let[621],

Bot thy bricht hew mon[622] be with yeris fret[623],

(For every-thing bot for ane season is,)

Thow may nocht have ane more excellent blis

Than ly all nicht in-to min armis plet[624],

To hals and brais[625] with mony lusty kis,

“And have my tender body be thy side,