Religion
I Sing of a Maiden
From Sloane MS 2593
I sing of a maiden
That is makeles,
King of all kinges
To her sone sche ches.
He cam also stille
There his moder was,
As dew in Aprille
That falleth on the grass.
He cam also stille
To his moderes bour,
As dew in Aprille
That falleth on the flour.
He cam also stille
There his moder lay,
As dew in Aprille
That falleth on the spray.
Moder and maiden
Was never non but sche;
Well may swich a lady
Godes moder be.
Codex Note
A carol of the Annunciation from the early fifteenth century: Christ comes to Mary ‘as dew in Aprille / That falleth on the grass’. The word ‘makeles’ means both matchless and mateless. Text from E. K. Chambers and F. Sidgwick, Early English Lyrics (1907).
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Anonymous (Middle English). “I Sing of a Maiden.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-middle-english/18/.
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