Merry Margaret,
\nAs midsummer flower,
\nGentle as falcon
\nOr hawk of the tower;
\nWith solace and gladness,
\nMuch mirth and no madness,
\nAll good and no badness;
\nSo joyously,
\nSo maidenly,
\nSo womanly
\nHer demeaning
\nIn every thing,
\nFar, far passing
\nThat I can endite,
\nOr suffice to write
\nOf merry Margaret,
\nAs midsummer flower,
\nGentle as falcon
\nOr hawk of the tower.
\nAs patient and as still
\nAnd as full of good will
\nAs fair Isaphill;
\nColyander,
\nSweet pomander,
\nGood Cassander;
\nSteadfast of thought,
\nWell made, well wrought,
\nFar may be sought
\nEre that ye can find
\nSo courteous, so kind
\nAs merry Margaret,
\nThis midsummer flower,
\nGentle as falcon
\nOr hawk of the tower.<\/p>\n
By Saint Mary, my lady,
\nYour mammy and your dady
\nBrought forth a goodly baby!
\nMy maiden Isabell,
\nReflaring rosabell,
\nThe flagrant camamell,
\nThe ruddy rosary,
\nThe sovereign rosemary,
\nThe pretty strawberry,
\nThe columbine, the nepte,
\nThe jeloffer well set,
\nThe proper violet;
\nEnnew\u00e8d your colour
\nIs like the daisy flower
\nAfter the April shower;
\nStar of the morrow gray,
\nThat blossom on the spray,
\nThe freshest flower of May:
\nMaidenly demure,
\nOf womanhood the lure;
\nWherefore, I make you sure,
\nIt were an heavenly health,
\nIt were and endless wealth,
\nA life for God himself,
\nTo hear this nightingale
\nAmong the birdes smale
\nWarbling in the vale,
\nDug, dug, jug, jug,
\nGood year and good luck,
\nWith chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck!<\/p>\n
With lullay, lullay, like a child,
\nThou sleep\u00e8st too long, thou art beguiled!
\n“My darling dear, my daisy flower,
\nLet me,” quoth he, “lie in your lap.”
\n“Lie still,” quoth she, “my paramour,
\nLie still hardily, and take a nap.”
\nHis head was heavy, such was his hap,
\nAll drowsy, dreaming, drowned in sleep,
\nThat of his love he took no keep,
\nWith hey, lullay, etc.<\/p>\n
With ba, ba, ba, and bas, bas, bas!
\nShe cherished him both cheek and chin
\nThat he wist never where he was;
\nHe had forgotten all deadly sin!
\nHe wanted wit her love to win:
\nHe trusted her payment and lost all his pay;
\nShe left him sleeping and stale away,
\nWith hey, lullay, etc.<\/p>\n
The rivers rough, the waters wan;
\nShe spar\u00e8d not to wet her feet.
\nShe waded over, she found a man
\nThat hals\u00e8d her heartily and kissed her sweet;
\nThus after her cold she caught a heat.
\n“My lief,” she said, “rowteth in his bed;
\nIwys he hath an heavy head,”
\nWith hey, lullay, etc.<\/p>\n
What dreamest thou, drunkard, drowsy pate?
\nThy lust and liking is from thee gone;
\nThou blinkard blowboll, thou wak\u00e8st too late;
\nBehold thou liest, luggard, alone!
\nWell may thou sigh, well may thou groan,
\nTo deal with her so cowardly.
\nYwis, pole-hatchet, she blear\u00e8d thine eye!
\nQuoth Skelton Laureate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To Mistress Margaret Hussey Merry Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower; With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness; So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly Her demeaning In every thing, Far, far passing That I can endite, Or suffice to write Of merry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}