]
[Sidenote C: After Christmas comes the "crabbed Lenten.
[Sidenote C: After Christmas comes the "crabbed Lenten.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
enne ?
e weder of ?
e worlde wyth wynter hit ?
repe3,
[D] Colde clenge3 adoun, cloude3 vp-lyften,
Schyre schede3 ? e rayn in schowre3 ful warme,
Falle3 vpon fayre flat, flowre3 ? ere schewen,
508 [E] Bo? e grounde3 & ? e greue3 grene ar her wede3,
[F] Brydde3 busken to bylde, & bremlych syngen,
[G] For solace of ? e softe somer ? at sues ? er after,
bi bonk;
512 [H] & blossume3 bolne to blowe,
Bi rawe3 rych & ronk,
[I] ? en note3 noble in-no3e,
Ar herde in wod so wlonk. [Fol. 98]
[Sidenote A: This marvel serves to keep up a brisk conversation in Court. ]
[Sidenote B: The year passes full quickly and never returns.
]
[Sidenote C: After Christmas comes the "crabbed Lenten. "]
[Sidenote D: Spring sets in and warm showers descend;]
[Sidenote E: the groves become green,]
[Sidenote F: birds build and sing,]
[Sidenote G: for joy of the summer that follows;]
[Sidenote H: blossoms begin to bloom,]
[Sidenote I: and noble notes are heard in the woods]
II.
516 [A] After ? e sesoun of somer wyth ? e soft wynde3,
Quen 3eferus syfle3 hym-self on sede3 & erbe3,
[B] Wela-wynne is ? e wort ? at woxes ? er-oute.
When ? e donkande dewe drope3 of ? e leue3,
520 To bide a blysful blusch of ? e bry3t sunne.
[C] Bot ? en hy3es heruest, & hardenes hym sone.
Warne3 hym for ? e wynter to wax ful rype;
[D] He dryues wyth dro3t ?
[D] Colde clenge3 adoun, cloude3 vp-lyften,
Schyre schede3 ? e rayn in schowre3 ful warme,
Falle3 vpon fayre flat, flowre3 ? ere schewen,
508 [E] Bo? e grounde3 & ? e greue3 grene ar her wede3,
[F] Brydde3 busken to bylde, & bremlych syngen,
[G] For solace of ? e softe somer ? at sues ? er after,
bi bonk;
512 [H] & blossume3 bolne to blowe,
Bi rawe3 rych & ronk,
[I] ? en note3 noble in-no3e,
Ar herde in wod so wlonk. [Fol. 98]
[Sidenote A: This marvel serves to keep up a brisk conversation in Court. ]
[Sidenote B: The year passes full quickly and never returns.
]
[Sidenote C: After Christmas comes the "crabbed Lenten. "]
[Sidenote D: Spring sets in and warm showers descend;]
[Sidenote E: the groves become green,]
[Sidenote F: birds build and sing,]
[Sidenote G: for joy of the summer that follows;]
[Sidenote H: blossoms begin to bloom,]
[Sidenote I: and noble notes are heard in the woods]
II.
516 [A] After ? e sesoun of somer wyth ? e soft wynde3,
Quen 3eferus syfle3 hym-self on sede3 & erbe3,
[B] Wela-wynne is ? e wort ? at woxes ? er-oute.
When ? e donkande dewe drope3 of ? e leue3,
520 To bide a blysful blusch of ? e bry3t sunne.
[C] Bot ? en hy3es heruest, & hardenes hym sone.
Warne3 hym for ? e wynter to wax ful rype;
[D] He dryues wyth dro3t ?
