Satire V (John Donne Poems)
Thou shalt not laugh in this leafe, Muse, nor theyWhom any pity warmes; He which did layRules to make Courtiers, ...
Poems about lawe (21 Poems)
Harpalus. An Ancient English Pastoral (Henry Howard Poems)
Phylida was a faire mayde,As fresh as any flowre;Whom Harpalus the herdman praydeTo be his paramour.Harpalus, and eke Corin,Were herdmen ...
A Prayer Of A Penytente (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
If the iuste mann seaven tymes eache daye Ohe Lorde dothe fall, what shall I saye? Of all iniuste moste sinfull manne My ...
To The Ingratefvll (John Andrewes Poems)
Is't long of thy short memorie, that thouyeeld'st not due thanks, where thou the same do'st owe?Alas, good man; why ...
Antipus (Luke Shepherd Poems)
As verily as Adam created firste his God So verily he tasted not, the fruite that was forbo As verily as Abell, ...
Geue Place Ye Louers, Here Before (Henry Howard Poems)
Geue place ye louers, here before That spent your bostes and bragges in vaine: My Ladies beawtie passeth more The best of yours, ...
94 (Mary Wroth Poems)
Lovers learne to speake but truth,Sweare not, and your oathes forgoe,Give your age a constant youth,Vow noe more then what ...
A Gallery To The Temple. The Transmutation (Ralph Knevet Poems)
I lately in a garden GREWE, But was nor Charity, nor REWE, But rather an unhappy EWE. Then Heaven upon my branches FROWND, And ...
Of A Theefe And A Harlotte (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
A theefe condemned by order of lawe A Queyne demanded by tholde sayde salue (? sawe) To make hur a good womanne ...
Of A Judge And A Theefe (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
A corrupte Judge sayde to an arrante theefe, Whye shouldeste thou not dye by lawe of the lande, Beinge caste by twelue ...
Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
Part the FirstMery it was in the grene forestAmonge the leves grene,Wheras men hunt east and west,Wyth bowes and arrowes ...
Athelston (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
Lord that is off myghtys most, Fadyr and Sone and Holy Gost,Bryng us out of synneAnd lene us grace so ...
Wallace: Book II (Blind Hary Poems)
Yong Wallace, fulfillit of hie curage,In prys of armys desirous and sauage,Thi Waslage may neuir be forlorn,Thi deidis ar knawin ...
The Not-Browne Mayd (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
Be it ryght or wrong, these men amongOn women do complayne;Affyrmynge this, how that it isA labour spent in vayneTo ...
The Woefull Lamentation Of Jane Shore (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
The woefull lamentation of Jane Shore, a goldsmith's wife in London, sometime king Edward IV. his concubine. To the tune ...
Plain Truth and Blind Ignorance (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
Truth"God speed you, ancient father, And give you a good daye;What is the cause, I praye you,So sadly here you ...
The Canterbury Tales; THE SHIPMANNES TALE (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
Part 8 PROLOGUE TO THE SHIPMANNES TALE Here endith the man of ...
The Sheepheard Firmius His Song (Bartholomew Young Poems)
Sheepheards give eare, and now be stillUnto my passions, and their cause, and what ...
Troilus And Criseyde: Book 01 (Geoffrey Chaucer Poem)
The double 12 sorwe of Troilus to tellen, That was the king Priamus sone of Troye, In lovinge, how his ...
The Sompnour’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. The Sompnour in his stirrups high he stood, Upon this Friar his hearte was so wood,* *furious That ...
An Epitaph On Sr John Walter, Lord Cheife Baron (William Strode Poems)
Farewell Example, Living Rule farewell; Whose practise shew'd goodness was possible, Who reach'd the full outstretch'd perfection Of Man, of ...