poetry: middle english

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angevin2 Apr 22, 2014 14:58

By a forest as I gan fare
Anon. English, 15th c.By a forest as I gan fare ( Read more... )

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angevin2 Apr 01, 2014 00:56

It's NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. Which means that this lj will stop being a dead space and be FULL OF POEMS.

In honor of Whan That Aprille Day, I'm starting us off with some Middle English lyric. (There may be a video later ;))

Alysoun
Anon. English, 14th c.Bytuene Mersh and Averil ( Read more... )

national poetry month 2014, poetry: middle english, poetry: 14th century, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 18, 2013 18:41

Wenest thu, uscher
Anon. English, 14th c.Wenest thu, uscher, with thy cointise ( Read more... )

national poetry month 2013, poetry: middle english, poetry: 14th century, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 08, 2013 00:26

A! Mercy, Fortune
Anon. English, 15th c.A! Mercy, Fortune; have pitee on me ( Read more... )

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angevin2 Apr 22, 2012 19:08

One of the best-known and most enigmatic of medieval lyrics.

Maiden in the mor lay
Anon., 14th c. EnglishMaiden in the mor lay ( Read more... )

national poetry month 2012, poetry: middle english, poetry: 14th century, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 11, 2012 01:34

I moot go walke the wode so wilde
Anon. English, 15th centuryI moot go walke the wode so wilde ( Read more... )

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angevin2 Apr 26, 2011 20:34

My cares comen ever anewe
Anon, 14th c., English

My cares comen ever anewe --
A! dere God, no boot ther nis,
For I am holden for untrewe
Wythouten gilt, so have I blisse.

To be trewe woned I was
In any thyng that I myghte don;
I thonked God his grete grace:
Now it is I may noght don.

national poetry month 2011, poetry: middle english, poetry: 14th century, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 09, 2011 03:40

Honure, joy, helthe, and pleasaunce
Charles d'OrleansHonure, joy, helthe, and pleasaunce ( Read more... )

national poetry month 2011, poetry: 15th century, poetry: middle english, poetry, poetry: non-english: french

[poetry advent calendar] today's poem

angevin2 Dec 03, 2010 23:13

Because sometimes I just like posting great wadges of untranslated Middle English. IT IS HOW I ROLL.

Blow, northern wind
Anon., 14th-c.

Blow northerne wynd!
Send thou me my suetyng!
Blow northerne wynd! blow, blow, blow!Ichot a burde in boure bryht ( Read more... )

poetry advent calendar 2010, poetry: middle english, poetry: 14th century, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 16, 2010 00:42

I wende to dede
Anon., 15th centuryI wende to dede, knight stithe in stoure ( Read more... )

national poetry month 2010, poetry: 15th century, poetry: middle english, poetry