03.01.2011, 10:59
John Stewart of Baldynneis
ca. 1550 - 1605
As dryest dust - winddrift in drouthie day -
Quhyls lychts on lords and ladies of renoune,
Quhyls on thair face and quhyls on thair array
And quhyls upon ane kingis statlie croune;
Yit as it cums sum ay are bussie boune
To cleinge it thence, so that it finds no rest
Quhill to the erth it be againe snipt doune:
So mortal men, quho dois thair mynd molest
To be in gloir coequall with the best,
Thocht for ane space thay volt with waltring wind,
Doune to the ground thay sall againe be drest,
For few aloft may fortouns firmtie find.
Bot ay the swyfter and moir hich thay brall,
Moir low and suddance cums thair feirfull fall.
ca. 1550 - 1605
As dryest dust - winddrift in drouthie day -
Quhyls lychts on lords and ladies of renoune,
Quhyls on thair face and quhyls on thair array
And quhyls upon ane kingis statlie croune;
Yit as it cums sum ay are bussie boune
To cleinge it thence, so that it finds no rest
Quhill to the erth it be againe snipt doune:
So mortal men, quho dois thair mynd molest
To be in gloir coequall with the best,
Thocht for ane space thay volt with waltring wind,
Doune to the ground thay sall againe be drest,
For few aloft may fortouns firmtie find.
Bot ay the swyfter and moir hich thay brall,
Moir low and suddance cums thair feirfull fall.