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The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld; With Memoir, Notes, and Glossary
The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld With Memoir Notes and Glossary Author:Gawin Douglas General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1874 Original Publisher: W. Paterson Subjects: Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy ... more »the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE PALICE OF HONOVR, COMPYLIT UE M. GAWINE DOWGLAS, BISOHOP OF DUNKELD. THE FIRST PART. Thov barrant wit ouirset with fantasyis, Schaw now the craft that in thy memor lyis, Schaw now thy schame, schaw now thy badnystic, Schaw thy endite reprufe of rethoryis, Schaw now thy beggit tennis mair than thryis, Schaw now thy rymis, and thine harlotrie, Schaw now thy dull exhaust inamtie, Schaw furth thy cure and write thir frenesyis Quhilks of thy sempill cunning nakit the. My rauist spreit in that desert terribill, 10 Approchit neir that vglie flude horribill, Like till Cochyte the riuer infuruall, With vile water quhilk maid a hiddious trubil, Rinnand ouirhcid, blude reid, and impossibill 14 That it had been a riuer naturall; With brayis bair, raif rochis like to fall, Quhairon na gers nor herbis wer visibill, Bot swappis brint with blastis boriall. This laithlie flude rumlaud as thonder routit, In quhome the fisch jelland as eluis schoutit, Thair jelpis wilde my heiring all fordeifit, Thay grym monstures my spreits abhorrit and doutit. Not throw the soyl bot muskane treis sproutit, Combust, barrant, vnblomit and vnleifit, 10 Auld rottin runtis quhairin na sap was leifit, Moch,-all waist, widderit with granis moutit, A ganand den, quhair murtherars men reifit. Quhairfoir my seluin was richt sair agast, This wildernes abhominabill and waist, (In quhome nathing was nature comfortand) Was dark as rock, the quhilk the...« less