by John Skelton (1460 - 1529)

Language: English 
With margerain gentle,
  The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
  Is of your maidenhead.
Plainly I cannot glose;
  Ye be, as I divine,
The pretty primrose,
  The goodly columbine.
 
Benign, courteous, and meek,
  With wordes well devised;
In you, who list to seek,
  Be virtues well comprised.
With margerain gentle,
  The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
  Is of your maidenhead.
Gloss: margerain = marjoram

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Text Authorship:

  • by John Skelton (1460 - 1529), "To Mistress Margery Wentworth"

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 61