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Anglo-Irish poems of the Middle Ages: The Kildare Poems (Author: [unknown])

Poem 15

Repentance of Love

{MS fol 58r}

    1. 1] Loue hauith me broght in lithir thoght
      Thoght Ich ab to blinne,
      Blinne to thench; hit is for noght,
      Noght is loue of sinne.
    2. 5] Sinne me hauith in care ibroght
      Broght in mochil vnwinne;
      Winne to weld Ich had ithoght,
      Thoght is that Ich am inne.
    3. 9] In me is care, how I ssal fare?
      Fare Ich wol and funde;
      Funde Ich with outen are,
      Ar I be broght to grunde.