"Mirie it is while sumer ilast With fugheles song, Oc nu necheth windes blast And weder strong. Ej! Ej! what this nicht is long, And ich with wel michel wrong Soregh and murne and fast."
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"Mirie it is while sumer ilast", line 1; Theodore Silverstein English Lyrics Before 1500 (1989) p. 39. Translation: Brian Stone Medieval English Verse (1964) p. 62.
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