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 JOHN SKELTON

So joyously,

So maidenly,

So womanly

Her demeaning

In every thing,

Far, far passing

That I can indite,

Or suffice to write Of Merry Margaret As midsummer flower Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower. As patient and still And as full of good will As fair Isaphill, Coliander, Sweet pomander, Good Cabsander; Steadfast of thought, Well made, well wrought, Far may be sought, Ere that ye can find So courteous, so kind As merry Margaret, This midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.

Isaphill] Hypsipyle. cohander] coriander seed, an

aiomatic. pomander] a ball of perfume. Cassandei]

Cassandra.

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