To bide a blysful blusch of þe bryȝt sunne.

Bot þen hyȝes heruest, & hardenes hym sone.

Warneȝ hym for þe wynter to wax ful rype;

He dryues wyth droȝt þe dust for to ryse.

Fro þe face of þe folde to flyȝe ful hyȝe;

Wroþe wynde of þe welkyn wrasteleȝ with þe sunne,

Þe leueȝ lancen fro þe lynde, & lyȝten on þe grounde,

& al grayes þe gres, þat grene watȝ ere;

Þenne al rypeȝ & roteȝ þat ros vpon fyrst,

& þus ȝirneȝ þe ȝere in ȝisterdayeȝ mony,