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Of the lyrics found in the important MS. Harleian 2253, "Alysoun" has the same rime scheme as a poem by Gaucelm Faidit: it opens with the conventional appeal to spring; the poet's feelings deprive him of sleep.
When the nightingalë sings the woodës waxen green; Leaf and grass and blossom spring in Averil, I ween, And love is to my hertë gone with a spear so keen, Night and day my blood it drinks, my hertë doth me tene. Others are love plaints to "Alysoun" or some other lady whose "name is in a note of the nightingale;" whose eyes are as gray as glass, and her skin as "red as rose on ris."
Point out a likeness between the Brut and the work of a Victorian poet. Ormulum, Lyrics, and Robert Manning of Brunne. Among the lyrics, read specially, "Sumer is i-cumen in," "Alysoun," "Lenten ys come with love to toune," and "Blow, Northern Wind." What was the purpose of the Ormulum? What is its subject matter? Does it show much French influence?
The best of these are love lyrics, but they are less remarkable for an expression of the tender passion than for a genuine appreciation of nature. Some of them are full of the joy of birds and flowers and warm spring days. A lover's song, called Alysoun, is one of the best of these lyrics: Robert Manning of Brunne.
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