Ballade of My Lady's Beauty

Ballade of My Lady's Beauty (in Short Poetry Collection 096 )Squire Adam had two wives, they say,Two wives had he, for his delight,He kissed and clypt them all the dayAnd clypt and kissed them all the night.Now Eve like ocean foam was whiteAnd Lilith roses dipped in wine,But though they were a goodly sightNo lady is so fair as mine.To Venus some folk tribute payAnd Queen of Beauty she is hight,And Sainte Marie the world doth swayIn cerule napery bedight.My wonderment these twain invite,Their comeliness it is divine,And yet I say in their despite,No lady is so fair as mine.Dame Helen caused a grievous fray,For love of her brave men did fight,The eyes of her made sages feyAnd put their hearts in woeful plight.To her no rhymes will I indite,For her no garlands will I twine,Though she be made of flowers and lightNo lady is so fair as mine.L'EnvoiPrince Eros, Lord of lovely might,Who on Olympus dost recline,Do I not tell the truth aright?No lady is so fair as mine.