Poems by Anonymous
They say that I was in my youth
... They say that I was in my youthUncouth and ungainly, forsooth! I can only reply, 'Tis a lie! 'Tis a lie!I was couth -- I was perfectly couth. ...
Thirti Dayes hath Nouembir
... Of xxviijti is but oon,And all the remenaunt xxxti and j ...
The Three Ravens
... 'His hounds they lie downe at his feete,So well they can their master keepe ...
Thys Boke ys On
... He that sstellyth the ton, I pray Good send hym the todyr ...
The Time When I First Fell in Love
... nly protest, As I with pain do prove,There is no time, year, day, nor hour, Nor minute, good to love ...
Times is Hard
... n the ocean wave,And sister's in the family way,Brother dear has gonorrhea,And times is fucking hard ...
Tom Tyler and his Wife
... she falls to deal blows Which, early and late, doth cause me cry That wedding and hanging is destiny ...
Trifles
... n things scarce worth recall,Whereof no visible trace survives, These are the mainstrings, after all ...
The Twa Corbies
... And naebody kens that he lies there,But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair ...
The Twa Sisters o' Binnorie
... norie, O Binnorie!)'Twas 'Fareweel, sweetheart!' said the string, By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie ...
The Two Sisters
... e cried upon her sister dear: "O sister, come to yon sea stran,An see our father's ships come to lan ...
Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?
... his fo, that staf thou nim, And wrek him of that thef!Of rightte bileve thou nim that sheld,The wil{ ...
The Vicar Of Bray
... and loyalty, I never once will falter,George, my lawful king shall be, Except the times should alter ...
Waly, Waly
... at love had been so ill to win,I'd lock'd my heart in a case o' goud, And pinn'd it wi' a siller pin ...
Western Wind, When will thou Blow?
... Western wind, when will thou blow ...
