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Medieval Love Poems - Poems about Medieval Love

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 waters Be the season spring or summer And if my lon......

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Categories: medieval love, 12th grade, break up,
Form: Free verse

Chaucer Translation: Escape

...Escape rondel/roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer translation by Michael R. Burch Since I’m escaped from Love and yet still fat, I never plan to be in his prison lean; Since I am free, I count it not ......

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Categories: medieval love, books, freedom, love, prison,
Form: Roundel

Chaucer Translation: Rejection

...Rejection a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Your beauty from your heart has so erased Pity, that it's useless to complain; For Pride now holds ......

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Categories: medieval love, beauty, french, heart, innocence,
Form: Roundel

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Chaucer Translation: Merciless Beauty

...Merciles 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, throu......

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Categories: medieval love, beauty, heart, relationship, romance,
Form: Roundel