hts sit feasting at the board till day is
ended.]
[Sidenote F: Now beware, Sir Gawayne, lest thou fail to seek the adventure
that thou hast taken in hand.]

[FYTTE THE SECOND.]

I.

[A] This hanselle hat3 Arthur of auenturus on fyrst,
492 In 3onge 3er, for he 3erned 3elpyng to here,
Tha3 hym worde3 were wane, when ţay to sete wenten;
Now ar ţay stoken of sturne werk staf-ful her hond.
Gawan wat3 glad to be-gynne ţose gomne3 in halle,
496 Bot ţa3 ţe ende be heuy, haf 3e no wonder;
For ţa3 men ben mery in mynde, quen ţay han mayn drynk,
[B] A 3ere 3ernes ful 3erne, & 3elde3 neuer lyke,
Ţe forme to ţe fynisment folde3 ful selden.
500 For-ţi ţis 3ol ouer-3ede, & ţe 3ere after,
& vche sesoun serlepes sued after oţer;
[C] After crysten-masse com ţe crabbed lentoun,
Ţat frayste3 flesch wyth ţe fysche & fode more symple
504 Bot ţenne ţe weder of ţe worlde wyth wynter hit ţrepe3,
[D] Colde clenge3 adoun, cloude3 vp-lyften,
Schyre schede3 ţe rayn in schowre3 ful warme,
Falle3 vpon fayre flat, flowre3 ţere schewen,
508 [E] Boţe grounde3 & ţe greue3 grene ar her wede3,
[F] Brydde3 busken to bylde, & bremlych syngen,
[G] For solace of ţe softe somer ţat sues ţer after,
bi bonk;
512 [H] & blossume3 bolne to blowe,
Bi rawe3 rych & ronk,
[I] Ţen note3 noble in-no3e,
Ar herde in wod so wlonk. [Fol. 98]

[Sidenote A: This marvel serves to keep up a brisk conversation in Court.]
[Sidenote B: The year passes full quickly and never returns.]
[Sidenote C: After Christmas comes the "crabbed Lenten."]
[Sidenote D: Spring sets in and warm showers descend;]
[Sidenote E: the groves become green,]
[Sidenote F: birds build and sing,]
[Sidenote G: for joy of the summer that follows;]
[Sidenote H: blossoms begin to bloom,]
[Sidenote I: and noble notes are heard in the woods]

Martha Finley (1828 - 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26th, 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio. Finley wrote many of her books under the psodonym Martha Farquharson. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland, where she moved in 1876.

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