Famous Derk Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Derk poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous derk poems. These examples illustrate what a famous derk poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...loke,
ther-ryyght.
The lorde for blys abloy
Ful oft con launce and lyyght,
And drof that day wyth joy
Thus to the derk nyyght.
Thus laykez this lorde by lynde-wodez euez,
And Gawayn the god mon in gay bed lygez,
Lurkkez quyl the daylyyght lemed on the wowes,
Vnder couertour ful clere, cortyned aboute;
And as in slomeryng he slode, sleyghly he herde
A littel dyn at his dor, and dernly vpon;
And he heuez vp his hed out of the clothes,
A corner of the cortyn he cay...Read more of this...
by
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...nce I highte* Hodge of Ware, *was called
Heard I a miller better *set a-work*; *handled
He had a jape* of malice in the derk. *trick
But God forbid that we should stinte* here, *stop
And therefore if ye will vouchsafe to hear
A tale of me, that am a poore man,
I will you tell as well as e'er I can
A little jape that fell in our city."
Our Host answer'd and said; "I grant it thee.
Roger, tell on; and look that it be good,
For many a pasty hast thou letten blood,
And many a Ja...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...arm triacle*, *remedy, salve
By certain meanes oft, as knowe clerkes*, *scholars
Doth thing for certain ende, that full derk is
To manne's wit, that for our, ignorance
Ne cannot know his prudent purveyance*. *foresight
Now since she was not at the feast y-slaw,* *slain
Who kepte her from drowning in the sea?
Who kepte Jonas in the fish's maw,
Till he was spouted up at Nineveh?
Well may men know, it was no wight but he
That kept the Hebrew people from drowning,
With drye feet...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...*thoughte not but good* *had no suspicion*
Because that the cradle by it stood,
And wist not where she was, for it was derk;
But fair and well she crept in by the clerk,
And lay full still, and would have caught a sleep.
Within a while this John the Clerk up leap
And on this goode wife laid on full sore;
So merry a fit had she not had *full yore*. *for a long time*
He pricked hard and deep, as he were mad.
This jolly life have these two clerkes had,
Till that the thirde coc...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...his herte daunce;
And Troilus he fond alone a-bedde,
That lay as dooth these loveres, in a traunce,
Bitwixen hope and derk desesperaunce.
But Pandarus, right at his in-cominge,
He song, as who seyth, 'Lo! Sumwhat I bringe,'
And seyde, 'Who is in his bed so sone
Y-buried thus?' 'It am I, freend,' quod he.
'Who, Troilus? Nay, helpe me so the mone,'
Quod Pandarus, 'Thou shalt aryse and see
A charme that was sent right now to thee,
The which can helen thee of thyn accesse,
I...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...singe as ye may here.
'O sterre, of which I lost have al the light,
With herte soor wel oughte I to bewayle,
That ever derk in torment, night by night,
Toward my deeth with wind in stere I sayle;
For which the tenthe night if that I fayle
The gyding of thy bemes brighte an houre,
My ship and me Caribdis wole devoure.'
This song whan he thus songen hadde, sone
He fil ayein in-to his sykes olde;
And every night, as was his wone to done,
He stood the brighte mone to beholde,...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
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