Love song of which only a fragment survives — about 35 lines, possibly
rhyming abab
Subjects: fragments; love songs; lovers, praise
Versification: —
four-line —
abab
1.Source: Oxford, Magdalen College Multon Hall Deeds 39a
Transcription:[ ]ffor hir with wo i wake [ ] is so w[ ]
I sike for hir [ ]
[ ]
with sorou þus uas me striue
[ ] þus as me dight my deies in dole
to dr[ ]
[ ]
To hir þat semely to any sight
þat is so
bright and swete
And þat so wh[ ]de my myght
Shuld as i haue herte
& [ ]
I haue hir serued many days
[ ]
Note: Written at back of a one-leaf document, faded so much that practically
unreadable; whole is about 35 lines; transcribed lines from the
middle.