Long Hert Poems

The Corpus Christi Carol
anonymous Middle English poem
translation by Michael R. Burch

He bore him up, he bore him down,
He bore him into an orchard brown.
Lully, lullay, lully, lullay!
The falcon has borne my mate away.

In that orchard...

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Canny remember this Lass's name,
but fur the poem's sake let's assume she's Jane.
'Jane ' this per wee soul had fingers lighter than a blidy feather,
aw things within her sicht yea had tae tether.

Wartime is no...

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Hello yea bonny wee pawky thing,
sittin' there tuggin' at ma hert strings.
Aye yer wee ,an' oan yer oan yer hard tae see,
niver mind wee thing jist let it be.

Withoot you, we wid hae a scunnered...

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As I shiver in the cold
No where to hide
No where to go
To me they lied

Everybody to me said
We all love you so much
I believed it in my heart and my head
They lied the whole bunch

Life...

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American bullies whose attitude is dim
Will do all that he can to make you fail
Lives from day-to-day just wasting away
Pestering and bullying any way they can
Never giving a thought about the person self-esteem
Proud of the...

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Wee, wee rid rid coated thing
tae ma hert sic joy yea bring.
Wae elegance an' tender charm,
ma racin' hert yea sae disarm.

Yea hang there among yer kind,
Bright an' braw but sae refined.
Ma wee rid rid coated...

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When yins ye lou are taken awa ,
forever gang intae eternity,
ne,er will ye see them agin,
as eternity is far frae hame.
aye maybes yell see them float by,
in a clear day o sky,
ye can talk tae...

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Bound to a promise to his dying chief
This mighty Cheyenne warrior knew it was a promise he had to keep.
He must bring back the daughter of Running Wolf  for him to to gaze upon
One...

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I rember the smell of my Grandmas house.
It smelled of cigerett smoke.
It smelled of the woods beside her house.
It smelled of her cooking.
It smelled...old.
I remember the way she looked.
She had sad and knowing eyes.
She had...

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AS I LOOK AT YOU FROM ACROSS THE ROOM 
MY HEART BEATS FAST AND I KNOW IM DOOMED

NO MATTER WHAT MY MIND SAYS IT HAS ALREADY LOST
MY HEART NOW LEADS NO MATTER WHAT THE COST

I...

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plz understand me!
i need some one to love.
but i was wondering
can you hold me now?
understand that i need you too hold me!!
i need you to love me
only like you can
understand the way im feeling the...

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She wid bustle aboot; she liked tae get oot,
        did Annie.
        She wis ayewis there; a breath o' fresh air,
 ...

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Love is how Igot hert. Love is what Icould live without. I love my familybut I wonder 
if my family loves me. Love has hert many people. Love is not fun if all that comes...

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For the years I have stood hear,
It has brought me many tears,
Loves bitter bite inside my heart,
I love so much it tears me apart

The only thing he sees is hate,
He can’t see this love is...

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