The Romaunt of the Rose
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4719   Witte withoute discrecioun,
4720   Havoire, withoute possessioun.
4721   It is like hele and hool sekenesse,
4722   A trust drowned and dronknesse,
4723   And helth full of maladie,
4724   And charite full of envie,
4725   And anger full of habundaunce,
4726   And a gredy suffisaunce;
4727   Delite right full of hevynesse,
4728   And dreried full of gladnesse;
4729   Bitter swetnesse and swete errour,
4730   Right evell savoured good savour;
4731   Sen that pdoun hath withynne,
4732   And pdoun spotted withoute synne;
4733   A peyne also it is, Ioious,
4734   And felonye right pitous;
4735   Also pley that selde is stable,
4736   And stedefast, right mevable;
4737   A strengthe, weyked to stonde upright,
4738   And feblenesse, full of myght;
4739   Witte unavised, sage folie,
4740   And ioie full of turmentrie;
4741   A laughter it is, weping Ay,
4742   Reste, that traveyleth nyght and day;