Quote#Wisdom
Woddis, forrestis, with nakyt bewis blowt
Quote byGavin Douglas · 1474–1522
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Eneados (1513), Bk. 7, prologue, line 65.
English (original)
Woddis, forrestis, with nakyt bewis blowt, Stude strippyt of thar weid in every howt. So bustuusly Boreas his bugill blew, The deyr full dern doun in the dalis drew; Smale byrdis, flokkand throu thik ronys thrang, In chyrmyng and with cheping changit thar sang, Sekand hidlis and hyrnys thame to hyde Fra feirfull thuddis of the tempestuus tyde.
— Gavin Douglas
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