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Love Medieval Poems

These Love Medieval poems are examples of Medieval poems about Love. These are the best examples of Medieval Love poems written by international poets.

London

Shoreditch clung to its ruin
Its roughhewn gate staring out at corpses
And the clutch of travellers heading from the fields,
The shepherds rambling onwards,
The herders with their

Categories: medieval, allegory, allusion, angel, appreciation,

M'Lady

And if I were no more
than the brook that flowed
Neath' the azure of your skies
Would not the warmth of your heaven
Touch the surface of my

Categories: medieval, 12th grade, break up,

Why the noble lady was so pissed

The noble lady was full of ire.
Her drunken knight had pissed out her evening fire.
So now she sought warmth by his sleeping horse,
and indulged in

Categories: medieval, anger, betrayal, emotions, loneliness,

Medieval Poetry Translations VII by Michael R Burch

These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and/or Middle English.


The Maiden’s Song aka The Bridal Morn
anonymous Medieval lyric
translation by Michael R.

Categories: medieval, girl, mother, mother daughter,

Medieval Poetry Translations VI by Michael R Burch

These 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

Categories: medieval, fish, husband, love, ocean,

Inordinate Love translation of Medieval English poem

MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS

Inordinate Love
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 15th century
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I shall say what inordinate love is:
The

Categories: medieval, desire, heart, love, love

The Minstrel

The minstrel with his lute so bright,
Beneath the moon’s pale, silver light, 
Did weave a tale of love and woe, 
A melody that hearts would

Categories: medieval, hero,

Undying Love

Tale of valour is about to unfold
Gallant knight's effigy in marble so cold
Once he was stalwart full of manly vigour
The name was feared his enemies

Categories: medieval, love, love hurts, nostalgia,

For the Queen

In the hive, she is so well attended -
thousands of workers, all pleased to toil,
hundreds of soldiers keep her defended,
all for her, and her palace

Categories: medieval, love,

The Rhyming Poem - Part I

The 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

Categories: medieval, england, literature, poems, poetry,

The Rhyming Poem - Part Ii

The 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

Categories: medieval, england, literature, poems, poetry,

Medieval Poems V

Medieval Poem V

A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds,

Categories: medieval, earth, england, love, middle

Medieval Poems Iv

Medieval Poems IV



IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.



Brut (circa 1100

Categories: medieval, angel, mother, romance, romantic,

Medieval Poems Iii

Medieval Poems



Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by

Categories: medieval, england, grief, poems, poetry,

Medieval Poems Ii

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

Categories: medieval, angel, england, love, middle