John Skelton Long Poems

  • 1.
    Womanhod wanton ye want.
    Youre medelyng mastres is manerles.
    Plente of yll of goodnes skant.
    Ye rayll at ryot recheles.
    ...
  • 2.
    [Skelton Laureate agaynste a comely Coystrowne that curyowsly chawntyd And curryshly cowntred, And madly in hys Musykkys mokkyshly made, Agaynste the .ix. Musys of polytyke Poems & Poettys matryculat.]

    [Of all nacyons vnder the heuyn]

    ...
  • 3.
    With lullay, lullay, like a child,
    Thou sleepest too long, thou art beguiled!
    "My darling dear, my daisy flower,
    Let me," quoth he, "lie in your lap."
    ...
  • 4.
    Knoledge, acquayntance, resort, fauour with grace;
    Delyte, desyre, respyte wyth lyberte;
    Corage wyth lust, conuenient tyme and space;
    Dysdayns, dystres, exylyd cruelte;
    ...
  • 5.
    WITH lullay, lullay, like a child,
    Thou sleepèst too long, thou art beguiled!
    'My darling dear, my daisy flower,
    Let me,' quoth he, 'lie in your lap.'
    ...
Total 5 Long Poems by John Skelton

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