Long Exeter Poems
Long Exeter Poems. Below are the most popular long Exeter by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Exeter poems by poem length and keyword.
Chaucer Translation: Merciless BeautyMerciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...
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Categories:
exeter, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Roundel
Winter Awakens My CareWinter Awakens My Care
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters my thought:
regarding this world's joy,
how everything...
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Categories:
exeter, angst, england, joy, sorrow, tree, weather, winter,
Form:
Couplet
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
(excerpt)
He who granted me life...
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Categories:
exeter, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
exeter, destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
The Rhyming Poem - Part IThe Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem
Old English Poem (i.e., Anglo-Saxon Poem) from the Exeter Book, ca. 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
He who granted me life created this sun
and...
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Categories:
exeter, england, literature, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rhyming Poem - Part IiThe Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem - Part II
anonymous Old English Poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
He who granted me life created this...
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Categories:
exeter, england, literature, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval Poetry Translations VI by Michael R BurchThese are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and Middle English.
Exeter Book Gnomic Verses or Maxims
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The dragon dwells under the dolmen,
wizened-wise, hoarding his treasure;
the fishes bring forth...
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Categories:
exeter, fish, husband, love, ocean, sea, wife, winter,
Form:
Free verse
The Wife's Lament"The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English/Anglo Saxon poem found in the Exeter Book, which has been dated to 960-990 AD, making it the oldest English poetry anthology. "The Wife's Lament"...
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Categories:
exeter, husband, lost love, love, love hurts, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
Fosse WayLegend of Fosse Way
Riding hard under a moonlight high
not a leaf rustling and it troubles my mind
In the distance there's music of the lyre and flute
rippling over the moors
Serenading the stars
The...
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Categories:
exeter, england,
Form:
Ballad
Momma Was a Rollin StoneChapter 1;
THE LIGHT THAT COULD NOT BE EXTINGUESHED
They say that demons can be generational, that they can attach themselves to a family for decades with such a stronghold, that the individuals are blissfully ignorant to...
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Categories:
exeter, family,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Issy BaileyIssy was in first year at Exeter University,
Coming home from a trip to the cinema,
Travelling in a car at 60mph, high velocity,
When they were hit by another vehicle.
Six months in hospital, crushed...
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Categories:
exeter, sports, strength,
Form:
Quatrain
Crystal LaneCrystal was born with a similar condition,
To Sarah Storey who’s the Dame of Para,
And was so impressed by Beijing in 2008,
That she responded to the ad for athletes.
She was already doing...
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Categories:
exeter, sports, strength,
Form:
Blank verse