THE WIDOW LAMPORT
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THE WIDOW LAMPORT
But I laye a-wakynge, and loe! ye dawne was breakynge,
And rarelye pyped a larke for ye promyse of ye daye:
"Uppe and sette yr lance in reste!
Uppe and followe on ye queste!
Leave ye issue to bee guessed
At ye endynge of ye waye "--
As I laye a-wakynge, 'twas soe she seemed to say--
"Whatte and if it alle bee feynynge?
There be better thynges than gaynynge,
Better pryzes than attaynynge."
And 'twas truthe she seemed to saye.
Whyles the dawne was breakynge, I rode upon my waye.
Q. (Oxford Magazine.)