Goodby Minkie

Perle, pleasaunte to prynces paye

To clanly clos in golde so clere,

Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye,

Ne proued I neuer her precios pere.

So rounde, so reken in vche araye,

So smal, so smoþe her sydeȝ were,

Quere-so-euer I jugged gemmeȝ gaye,

I sette hyr sengeley in synglere.

Allas! I leste hyr in on erbere;

Þurȝ gresse to grounde hit fro me yot.

I dewyne, fordolked of luf-daungere

Of þat pryuy perle wythouten spot.

 

                             ~from Pearl