Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected PoemsWilliam Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster |
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... thai were refusid ; And some for wanting also werin accusid , And othir eke that loved secreli , And of her ladi durst aske no merci , Lest that she would of hein have despite ; And some also that putten ful grete wite " On double ...
... thai were refusid ; And some for wanting also werin accusid , And othir eke that loved secreli , And of her ladi durst aske no merci , Lest that she would of hein have despite ; And some also that putten ful grete wite " On double ...
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... thai than in presence war . And , certis , thai suld weill hawe pryss , That in thar tyme war wycht 11 and wyss , And led thar lyff in gret trawaill , 12 And oft in hard stour 18 off bataill Wan richt gret price off chewalry , And war ...
... thai than in presence war . And , certis , thai suld weill hawe pryss , That in thar tyme war wycht 11 and wyss , And led thar lyff in gret trawaill , 12 And oft in hard stour 18 off bataill Wan richt gret price off chewalry , And war ...
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... thai , That mycht thaim our the watir ber : Than war thai wa 18 on gret maner : For it wes fer about to ga ; And thai war in - to dout alsua , 40 To meyt thar fayis 19 that spred war wyd . Tharfor , endlang the louchhis 20 syd , Sa besyly ...
... thai , That mycht thaim our the watir ber : Than war thai wa 18 on gret maner : For it wes fer about to ga ; And thai war in - to dout alsua , 40 To meyt thar fayis 19 that spred war wyd . Tharfor , endlang the louchhis 20 syd , Sa besyly ...
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... thai say , Syne tuk a sop , and maid thame yar.1 And quhen , thai all assemblit war , And in thair battalis 2 all purvait , With thair braid baneris all displayit , Thai maid knychtis , as it efferis 3 To men that oysis thai mysteris ...
... thai say , Syne tuk a sop , and maid thame yar.1 And quhen , thai all assemblit war , And in thair battalis 2 all purvait , With thair braid baneris all displayit , Thai maid knychtis , as it efferis 3 To men that oysis thai mysteris ...
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... Thai dang on othir with wapnys ser ; " Sum of the horss , that stekit wer , Ruschit and relit richt roydly . " Bot the remanant , nocht - for - thi , ' That mycht cum to the assembling , 100 For that lat maid rycht no styuting , 10 110 ...
... Thai dang on othir with wapnys ser ; " Sum of the horss , that stekit wer , Ruschit and relit richt roydly . " Bot the remanant , nocht - for - thi , ' That mycht cum to the assembling , 100 For that lat maid rycht no styuting , 10 110 ...
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Page 294 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Page 268 - I dought neither speak to prince or peer, Nor ask of grace from fair ladye.' 'Now hold thy peace!' the lady said, 'For as I say, so must it be.' He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 141 - cok, cok," and up he sterte, As man that was affrayed in his herte. For...
Page 248 - Merry Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower: With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness; So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly Her demeaning In every thing, Far, far passing That I can indite, Or suffice to write Of Merry Margaret As midsummer flower Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.
Page 95 - Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, And whiche they weren, and of what degree ; And eek in what array that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I first biginne.
Page 264 - In behint yon auld fail dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. " His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. " Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue een : Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Page 328 - O I'm come to seek my former vows Ye granted me before.' ' O hold your tongue of your former vows, For they will breed sad strife ; 0 hold your tongue of your former vows, For I am become a wife.
Page 307 - Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, With a link, a down, and a ' day,' And there he met with a silly old palmer, Was walking along the highway. " What news ? what news ? thou silly old man, What news, I do thee pray ? " Said he, Three squires in Nottingham town, Are condemn'd to die this day.
Page 266 - Here is a royal brand," she said, "That I have found in the green sea; And while your body it is on, Drawn shall your blood never be; But if you touch me, tail or fin, I swear my brand your death shall be.
Page 104 - In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle.