Poems

A Paraphrase Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, in Heaven the same; Give […]

A piteous plaint I cannot eat my porridge, I weary of my play; No longer can I sleep at night, No longer romp by day! Though […]

A proper trewe idyll of camelot Whenas ye plaisaunt Aperille shoures have washed and purged awaye Ye poysons and ye rheums of earth to make a […]

A rhine-land drinking song If our own life is the life of a flower (And that’s what some sages are thinking), We should moisten the bud […]

A spring poem from bion One asketh: “Tell me, Myrson, tell me true: What’s the season pleaseth you? Is it summer suits you best, When from […]

A valentine Your gran’ma, in her youth, was quite As blithe a little maid as you. And, though her hair is snowy white, Her eyes still […]

A Valentine Go, Cupid, and my sweetheart tell I love her well. Yes, though she tramples on my heart And rends that bleeding thing apart; And […]

Abu midjan When Father Time swings round his scythe, Entomb me ‘neath the bounteous vine, So that its juices, red and blithe, May cheer these thirsty […]

Ailsie, My Bairn Lie in my arms, Ailsie, my bairn,– Lie in my arms and dinna greit; Long time been past syn I kenned you last, […]

Apple-pie and cheese Full many a sinful notion Conceived of foreign powers Has come across the ocean To harm this land of ours; And heresies called […]