War Medieval Poems
These War Medieval poems are examples of Medieval poems about War. These are the best examples of Medieval War poems written by international poets.
Medieval Poetry Translations VIII by Michael R BurchThese are English translations of Medieval poems written in Old English.
The Battle of Maldon
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 991 AD or later
translation by Michael R....
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medieval, conflict, confusion, courage, death,
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...
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medieval, fish, husband, love, ocean,
Sedoka of the Albigensian SongWill of Tudela
Whose zeal burned for the white wolves
Against Languedoc's black lambs
Nameless soul of gold
Guided by heaven's muses
Pitied the southern pastures
Poem inspired...
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medieval, animal, color, conflict, history,
Twinkling Star of MontsegurBeneath stars twinkling
Sophia and Christ flew down
In the form of birds
In the form of large vultures
Vultures filled with grace
Vultures from...
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medieval, history, hope, in memoriam,
The Brothers DeathA brotherly jaunt through sinister mirth
behold the brothers Death:
gowned and guided, an ill century
the fourteenth, an alliance of crop, of plague
in ground-down death of...
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medieval, brother, death, history, humanity,
Tamar the Great of Georgia[paraphrase of a Svan folksong]
I, I am Queen Tamar
I raised myself to Heaven
I dug up a barren mountain
I left only a deep hole
I put the...
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medieval, adventure, allegory, dream, history,
The Ruin In a Modern English TranslationTHE RUIN
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus...
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medieval, destiny, eulogy, fate, gothic,
To Forge a LegacyNow I cannot lie. We fought our battle.
The fight was lost, but still our war rages.
I have seen the hot crimson blood that’ll
Mark the clipped...
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medieval, 11th grade, war,
A Peasant's Revenge, Part Ii...Early the next morn screaming arose
when the servants found him there in the bed,
blood matter his beard, his tongue was swollen,
his face blue as he...
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medieval, class, death, evil, fantasy,
The High King's Noble Son, Part VV.
Prince Garrow, it seemed, had not listened well,
they said he was already riding south,
not even waiting to meet his twin bastards,
who’s mother had perished pushing...
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medieval, courage, family, fantasy, love,
The High King's Noble Son, Part IvIV.
When Reth walked back down to his battered friends,
he said,”I knew not that he was such a fool.
If I’d had known, I’d have led you...
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medieval, courage, family, fantasy, love,
The High King's Noble Son, Part IiII.
When this affair had gone on for six months,
Reth realized it was just a matter of time
before Saleesa’s taut belly would swell,
revealing their love to...
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medieval, courage, family, fantasy, love,
The High King's Noble Son, Part II.
In and ancient Kingdom of Brateur,
there’s an old tale that troubadours sing,
about High King Hoban’s noble son,
possessed of true courage, unending.
Hoban had two sons, Reth...
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medieval, courage, family, fantasy, love,
Knievel's Medieval InventionNot realizing what he had invented,
because he was "put away,"
Evil's friend Houdini,
was having a field day,
the catapult machine
was not only used as a weapon of...
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medieval, adventure, humor, travel,
Medieval CamelotI’m sure you’ve heard of the Great King Arthur and Lancelot’s well-known fame.
But there was yet another knight, of great glory and great fame, never...
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medieval, adventure, celebrity, character, fantasy,