An Excellent Ballad Of George Barnwell, An Apprentice Of London (Anonymous British Poems)
An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an Apprentice of London, who…thrice robbed his master and murdered his vncle in Ludlow. ...
Anonymous British Poems on Night (34 Poems)
The Poets Calendar (Anonymous British Poems)
JANUARYJanus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and belowI count, as god of avenues and gates, ...
England’s Alarm. or The Pious Christian’s Speedy Call To Repentance (Anonymous British Poems)
You sober-minded christians now draw near,Labour to learn these pious lessons here;For by the same you will be taught to ...
Battle Of Otterbourne (Anonymous British Poems)
It fell about the Lammas tide,When the muir-men win their hay,The doughty Douglas bound him to rideInto England, to drive ...
The Gay Goss-Hawk (Anonymous British Poems)
O waly, waly, my gay goss-hawk,Gin your feathering be sheen!"And waly, waly, my master dear,Gin ye look pale and lean!"O ...
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Anonymous British Poems)
As it fell out on a highe holye daye, As many bee in the yeare,When yong men and maides ...
The Origin of All-Fool Day, Which Happened In The Isle of Chiekock, On The 7th Of The Ni-ada (Anonymous British Poems)
Ye sportive nymphs who on Parnassus play,Though old as ages, -- young and ever gay!O hither wing from Parna's flow'ry ...
Queen Dido; Or, Eneas, Wandering Prince of Troy (Anonymous British Poems)
When Troy towne had, for ten yeeres 'past',Withstood the Greekes in manfull wise,Then did their foes encrease soe fast,That to ...
The Children In The Wood: Or, The Norfolk Gentleman’s Last Will And Testament: To The Tune Of Rogero (Anonymous British Poems)
Now ponder well, you parents deare,These wordes which I shall write;A doleful story you shall heare,In time brought forth to ...
The Dragon of Wantley (Anonymous British Poems)
Old stories tell how HerculesA dragon slew at Lerna,With seven heads, and fourteen eyes,To see and well discern-a:But he had ...
A Dialogue Betwixt An Exciseman And Death (Anonymous British Poems)
Upon a time when Titan's steeds were drivenTo drench themselves beneath the western heaven;And sable Morpheus had his curtains spread,And ...
The Messenger Of Mortality. or Life And Death Contrasted In A Dialogue Betwixt Death And A Lady (Anonymous British Poems)
DeathFair lady, lay your costly robes aside,No longer may you glory in your pride;Take leave of all your carnal vain ...
The Spanish Lady’s Love (Anonymous British Poems)
Will you hear a Spanish lady,How shee wooed an English man?Garments gay as rich as may be,Decked with jewels she ...
Robin Hood and the Ranger (Anonymous British Poems)
When Phoebus had melted the sickles of ice,With a hey down, &c.And likewise the mountains of snow,Bold Robin Hood he ...
Limericks: The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women (Anonymous British Poems)
MISTRESS TOWLThere was an Old Woman named TowlWho went out to Sea with her Owl, But the Owl was Sea-sick ...
Thomas The Rhymer (Anonymous British Poems)
True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank;A ferlie he spied wi' his ee;And there he saw a lady bright,Come riding down ...
An Airfield Remembered (Anonymous British Poems)
We were hungry, tired and dirty,From our shoulders rifles hung,Our clothes were torn, our faces bronzedBy long hours in the ...
Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Anonymous British Poems)
As it fell out on a long summer's day, Two lovers they sat on a hill;They sat together that long ...
The Murder of the King of Scots (Anonymous British Poems)
Woe worth, woe worth thee, false Scotlande!For thou hast ever wrought by sleight;The worthyest prince that ever was borne,You hanged ...
Song – Autumn Gale! Sweet Autumn Gale! To The Tune Of One Of Purcell’s Airs (Anonymous British Poems)
Autumn gale! sweet autumn gale!Sing with me a sober wail;Summer loves the melting song;Lightsome airs to spring belong;Old December shouts ...
Nightingale in the East (Anonymous British Poems)
On a dark lonely night on the Crimea's dread shore There had been bloodshed and strife on ...
The Months (Anonymous British Poems)
January.Lo, my fair! the morning lazyPeeps abroad from yonder hill; Phoebus rises, red and hazy;Frost has stopp'd the village mill.February.All ...
The Auld Good-man. A Scottish Song (Anonymous British Poems)
Late in an evening forth I wentA little before the sun gade down,And there I chanc't, by accident,To light on ...
Smoking Spiritualized (Anonymous British Poems)
PART I.This Indian weed, now withered quite,Though green at noon, cut down at night,Shows thy decay;All flesh is hay:Thus think, ...
The Fairies’ Farewell (Anonymous British Poems)
Come, follow, follow me,You, fairy elves that be;Which circle on the greene,Come follow Mab, your queene,Hand in hand let's dance ...
London Bridge is Falling Down (Anonymous British Poems)
London Bridge is falling down,Falling down, falling down,London Bridge is falling down,My fair Lady.Build it up with wood and clay,Wood ...
Evening Thoughts (Anonymous British Poems)
'Twas eve. The length'ning shadows of the oakAnd weeping birch swept far adown the vale;And nought upon the hush and ...
Lyke Wake Dirge (Anonymous British Poems)
This ae night, this ae nightEvery night and alle,Fire and sleet and candle lighte,And Christ receive thy sauleWhen thou from ...
Prayer (Anonymous British Poems)
Go when the morning shineth,Go when the moon is bright,Go when the day declineth,Go in the hush of night.Go with ...
Watchman, What Of The Night? (Anonymous British Poems)
Say, watchman, what of the night?Do the dews of the morning fall?Have the orient skies a border of lightLike the ...