Some very red, and some a glad light grene.

Which as me thought was right a pleasant sight,

And eke the briddes songe for to here,

Would have rejoiced any earthly wight,

And I that couth not yet in no manere,

Heare the nightingale of all the yeare,

Ful busily herkened with herte and with eare,

If I her voice perceive coud any where.

And, at the last, a path of little brede

I found, that greatly had not used be,