| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Anonymous. 15th Cent. |
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| 23. Carol |
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| I SING of a maiden | |
| That is makeles; | |
| King of all kings | |
| To her son she ches. | |
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| He came al so still | 5 |
| There his mother was, | |
| As dew in April | |
| That falleth on the grass. | |
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| He came al so still | |
| To his mother's bour, | 10 |
| As dew in April | |
| That falleth on the flour. | |
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| He came al so still | |
| There his mother lay, | |
| As dew in April | 15 |
| That falleth on the spray. | |
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| Mother and maiden | |
| Was never none but she; | |
| Well may such a lady | |
| Goddes mother be. | 20 |
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GLOSS: makeles] matchless. ches] chose. |
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