And as I stood and cast aside mine eie,

I was ware of the fairest medler tree,

That ever yet in all my life I sie,

As full of blossomes as it might be,

Therein a goldfinch leaping pretile

Fro bough to bough; and, as him list, he eet

Here and there of buds and floures sweet.

And to the herber side was joyning

This faire tree, of which I have you told,

And at the last the bird began to sing,