The merle and maueis[1349] micht be sene,
The progne and the phelomene[1350],
Quhilk caussit me to stay.
I lay and leynit me to ane bus
To heir the birdis beir[1351];
Thair mirth was sa melodius
Throw nature of the yeir:
Sum singing, sum springing
With wingis into the sky;
So trimlie and nimlie