An ABC alliterative poem on flowers, one stanza to each letter of the alphabet
— 15 alliterative quatrains (abab)
Note: Formerly 1378.5.
Subjects: alphabetic poems; flowers
Versification: —
alliteration, four-line —
abab
1.Source: Oxford, Lincoln College Lat. 129, ff. 44-45
First Lines:Y Wandryng ful wery & walkynge þe wayes
In Somer whan
þe schene sonne saylyd on hyȝe…
Last Lines:…And for þy blode þat bleddyst to thy blys vs
brynge
And send vs here soþely þy swete helpe at nede
Amen
Attributed Title: Vmbraculi descriptio ab herbis & arboribus illud constituentibus
secundum literam seriem cum benedictione insidentium (f. 44, top margin,
by a later hand)
Editions: Wilson, Edward.
“An Unpublished Alliterative Poem on Plant-Names from Lincoln College,
Oxford, MS. Lat. 129 (E).”
Notes and Queries
n.s. 26 [224] (1979): 504-8: 504-8.