Oppressit Hairt Indure
Oppressit hairt indure
In dolour and distress,
Wappit without recure1318
In wo remidiless.
Sen scho is merciless,
And caussis all thy smert,
Quhilk suld thy dolour dress1319,
Indure, oppressit hairt.
Perforss tak paciens,
And dre1320 thy destany.
To lufe but recompens
Is grit perplexitie.
Of thyne aduersitie
Wyt1321 thy-self and no mo,
For quhen that thow wes fre
Thow wald nocht hald thé so.
Thow langit ay to prufe
The strenth of luvis lair1322,
And quhat kin1323 thing wes lufe,
Quhilk now settis1324 thé so sair.
Off all thy wo and cair
It mendis thé nocht to mene1325:
Howbeid thow suld forfair1326,
Thy-self the causs hes bene.
Quhen thow wes weill at eiss,
And subiect to no wicht,
Thow hir for lufe did cheiss1327
Quhilk settis thy lufe at licht;
And thocht thow knew hir slicht1328
Yit wald thow [nocht] refrane,
Thairfoir it is bot rycht
That thow indure the pane.
Bot yit my corpss, allace,
Is wrangusly opprest
Be thé in-to this cace,
And brocht to grit wanrest1329.
Quhy suld it so be drest1330
Be thé, and daly pynd1331,
Quhilk still it ay detest?
Thy wantoun folich mynd.
The blenkyne1332 of ane e
Ay gart thé goif and glaik1333;
My body bad lat be,
And of thy siching slaik1334.
Thow wald nocht rest, bot raik1335,
And lair1336 thé in the myre;
Yit felyeit thow to faik1337
That thow did maist desyre.
Thocht thow do murn and weip,
With inwart spreit opprest,
Quhen vthir men takis sleip
Thow wantis the nychtis rest.
Scho quhome thow luvis best
Off thé takis littill thocht,
Thy wo and grit wanrest
And cair scho countis nocht.
Thairfoir go hens in haist,
My langour to lament,
Do nocht my body waist,
Quhilk nevir did consent.
And thocht thow wald repent
That thow hir hes persewit.
Yit man1338 thow stand content,
And drynk that thow hes brewit.