Poems

My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free My days have been so wondrous free, The little birds that fly With careless ease from tree to tree, […]

Song When thy beauty appears In its graces and airs All bright as an angel new dropp’d from the sky, At distance I gaze and am […]

The Hermit Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev’rend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble […]

Barbara Allen’s Cruelty In Scarlet towne, where I was borne, There was a faire maid dwellin, Made every youth crye, wel-awaye! Her name was Barbara Allen. […]

Edward, Edward Why dois your brand sae drap wi’ bluid, Edward, Edward? Why dois your brand sae drap wi’ bluid? And why sae sad gang ye, […]

King Arthur’s Death On Trinitye Mondaye in the morne, This sore battayle was doom’d to bee, Where manye a knighte cry’d, Well-awaye! Alacke, it was the […]

King Ryence’s Challenge As it fell out on a Pentecost day, King Arthur at Camelot kept his court royall, With his faire queene dame Guenever the […]

Sir Lancelot Du Lake When Arthur first in court began, And was approvèd king, By force of armes great victorys wonne, And conquest home did bring; […]

Sweet William’s Ghost There came a ghost to Margaret’s door, With many a grievous grone, And ay he tirled at the pin; But answer made she […]

The Bonny Earl of Murray Ye highlands, and ye lawlands, Oh! whair hae ye been? They hae slaine the earl of Murray, And hae layd him […]