Love

Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste

by John Skelton c. 1463–1529

From Poetical Works, ed. Dyce (1843)

Love

Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste,
And all is done that ye lokyd for before,
Ware yet, I rede you, of Fortunes dowble cast,
For one fals poynt she is wont to kepe in store,
And vnder the fell oft festerd is the sore:
That when ye thynke all daunger for to pas,
Ware of the lesard lyeth lurkyng in the gras.

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Skelton, John. “Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/10/.

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Skelton, John. “Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/10/.

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