DIMEV 5462
IMEV 3461.8
NIMEV 3461.8
The sight which first my heart did strain
A lover’s devotion — one 7-line stanza
Subjects: love lyrics
Versification: —
seven-line —
abababa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Corpus Christi College 4, f. iv
First Lines:The sight which ferst my hart dyd strayne
When þat your
servaunt I becam…
Last Lines:…by iust Iugement my silfe I damn
to have dysdayn to have
dysdayne
Note: Text written three times, each with staves of notation for a different
part.