Love

To Mistress Margery Wentworth

by John Skelton c. 1463–1529

Love

With margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.
Plainly I cannot glose;
Ye be, as I divine,
The pretty primrose,
The goodly columbine.

Benign, courteous, and meek,
With wordes well devised;
In you, who list to seek,
Be virtues well comprised.
With margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.

MLA

Skelton, John. “To Mistress Margery Wentworth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/0/.

Chicago

Skelton, John. “To Mistress Margery Wentworth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/0/.

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