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The Wanderer, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem

...The Wanderer, Part II Awakening, the friendless man confronts the murky waves, the seabirds bathing, broadening out their feathers, the hoar-frost, harrowing hail & snow eternally falling… Th......

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Categories: thanes, bird, dark, loss, sea,
Form: Free verse

Beowulf translation by Michael R Burch

...Beowulf Excerpts anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 8th-10th century AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch LO, praise the prowess of the Spear-Danes whose clan-than......

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Categories: thanes, courage, dream, heart, heaven,
Form: Free verse

Chaucer Translation: Welcome Summer

...Welcome, Summer by Geoffrey Chaucer loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Now welcome, Summer, with your sun so soft, since you’ve banished Winter with her icy weather and drive......

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Categories: thanes, heaven, sky, song, summer,
Form: Roundel

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Conqueror of Death

...O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 1 Cor. 15:55 1 Dread conqueror! Destroyer of all, Thou---the king who conquers every king Thou---restrained by no wall Thee a ca......

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Categories: thanes, bird, christian, death, jesus,
Form: Quatrain

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 Michael R. Burch He who gr......

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Categories: thanes, england, literature, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

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 by Michael R. Burch He who grant......

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Categories: thanes, england, literature, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English Language

...Translations 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/interp......

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Categories: thanes, england, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme

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 in......

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Categories: thanes, earth, england, love, middle
Form: Rhyme

Winter Awakens My Care

...Winter 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 a......

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Categories: thanes, angst, england, joy, sorrow,
Form: Couplet

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: thanes, beauty, french, heart, innocence,
Form: Roundel

A Former Great Nations Squandered Wealth I

...Swept up into piles; everywhere Abouts; in collected heaps all Around. It is almost as if the drab Streets were strewn with the Precious wealth of King Solomon's Gold! ......

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Categories: thanes, philosophy, senses,
Form: Rhyme