The Complaint unto Pity (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
Pite, that I have sought so yore agooWith herte soore and ful of besy peyne,That in this world was never ...
Poems about withouten (21 Poems)
Fortune (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
This wrecched worldes transmutacioun,As wele or wo, now povre and now honour,Withouten ordre or wys discreciounGoverned is by Fortunes errour.But ...
On The Death Of K. Edward The First (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
Alle, that beoth of huerte trewe,A stounde herkneth to my songOf duel, that Deth hath diht us newe,That maketh me ...
Th’Auctor To His Booke (George Cavendish Poems)
Crepe forthe, my boke, under the proteccion Of suche as have bothe learnyng and eloquence; Humbly submyttyng the to ...
Romeus and Iuliet: To The Reader (Arthur Broke Poems)
Amid the desert rockes, the mountaine beare. Bringes forth vnformd, vnlyke her selfe her yong: Nought els but lumpes of ...
Dunottar Castle (Carolina Oliphant Poems)
Air — "Earl Marischal."When Royal pow'r was hunted down,And Cromwell bore the bell, sir, How safe and sound lay Scotland's ...
He Would Have His Woman Sing (Digby Mackworth Dolben Poems)
Sing me the men ere thisWho, to the gate that isA cloven pearl uprapt,The big white bars betweenWith dying eyes ...
A Dyttie To Hey Downe (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
Who sekes to tame the blustering winde,Or causse the floods bend to his wyll,Or els against dame nature's kindeTo 'change' ...
Little Croodlin Doo (Eugene Field Poems)
Ho, pretty bee, did you see my croodlin doo? Ho, little lamb, is she jinkin' on the lea? Ho, bonnie ...
Silkworms and Spiders (Charles Tennyson Turner Poems)
The worm long fosters his transforming sleep, But claims th' unalienable life again, Which tho' it be but one, yet ...
The Last Rhyme of True Thomas (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
The King has called for priest and cup, The King has taken spur and blade To dub True Thomas a ...
Little croodlin doo (Eugene Field Poem)
Ho, pretty bee, did you see my croodlin doo? Ho, little lamb, is she jinkin' on the lea? Ho, bonnie ...
The Reeve’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. WHEN folk had laughed all at this nice case Of Absolon and Hendy Nicholas, Diverse folk diversely they ...
The General Prologue (Geoffrey Chaucer Poem)
WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root, And bathed every ...
The Miller’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. When that the Knight had thus his tale told In all the rout was neither young nor old, ...
141. Tam Samson’s Elegy (Robert Burns Poems)
HAS auld Kilmarnock seen the deil? Or great Mackinlay 1 thrawn his heel? Or Robertson 2 again grown weel, To ...
Madam, Withouten Many Words (Sir Thomas Wyatt Poems)
Madam, withouten many words Once I am sure ye will or no ... And if ye will, then leave your ...
Epithalamion (Edmund Spenser Poems)
YE learned sisters, which have oftentimes Beene to me ayding, others to adorne, Whom ye thought worthy of your gracefull ...
The Shepheardes Calender: October (Edmund Spenser Poems)
OCTOBER: Ægloga DecimaPIERCE & CUDDIE Cuddie, for shame hold up thy heavye head, And let us cast with what delight ...
Poem 8 (Edmund Spenser Poems)
HArke how the Minstrels gin to shrill aloud, Their merry Musick that resounds from far, The pipe, the tabor, and ...
Liaison (David Herbert Lawrence Poems)
A big bud of moon hangs out of the twilight, Star-spiders spinning their thread Hang high suspended, withouten respite Watching ...