Lyric England Poems

Everything is down down.
Believe me down down.
Choot is down down.
Kuss is down down.
LuLi is also down.
(Master Of Arts)...

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Medieval Poems



Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches...

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Ech day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Each...

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With a peaceful plot 
My Big Game betting tickets I got 
It seems they have a European divide that has an opinion for three nations...

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At Cædmon’s Grave
At Caedmon's Grave
by Michael R. Burch

“Cædmon’s Hymn,” composed at the Monastery of Whitby (a North Yorkshire fishing village), is one of the oldest...

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Medieval Poems

How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with...

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I know you are in pain, 
it's clear to see, 
that remain feel beat, 
you insult leave hard, 
you insult leave whole, 
and when acceptance...

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Oh Lord 
Oh Lord 
Keep my heart 
Give me a righteous  start
Lord keep my heart 
From all that matters 
Keep me from the worldly...

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Translation with commentary of an archetypal Wild West Classic : " Summer Wine "

(I'd wage my bottom diamond dime future generations will re-discover and treasure...

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I vow to thee, my England,
my home is what she be,
my heart and soul for England,
there's no where else for me.

We may not be in...

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Recent tournaments, alas, indeed,
have not gone quite as planned, we must concede.
Now Southgate’s got the tactics that we need,
and we are going to succeed, succeed.

Together...

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Miss Musicbuying Cusstour-Mere
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would what that be junior? senior? sophomore?

since this brother in law rarely emails, 
     ye may scrunch countenance puzzled, 
 ...

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She stands all alone in a court full of men
An innocent woman condemned
The charges are great, she's resigned to her fate
She knows she will die...

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O England,what will become of thee
once the bastion of the free..
Now on all sides beset..betrayed
by a friend from across the sea

O  England, what will...

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