Inscription on Melrose Abbey
The Earth goes on the earth glittering in gold,
The earth goes to the earth sooner than it wold;
The earth builds on the earth castles and towers,
The earth says to the earth—All this is ours.
More poems by Anonymous
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Guilty, or Not Guilty?
She stood at the bar of justice,
A creature wan and wild,
In form too small for a woman, … -
King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
From “Percy’s Reliques”
AN ANCIENT story I ’ll tell you anon
Of a notable prince that was called King John; … -
The Vicar of Bray
IN 1 good King Charles’s golden days,
When loyalty no harm meant,
A zealous high-churchman was I, … -
“Love me little, love me long”
Originally Printed in 1569
LOVE me little, love me long!
Is the burden of my song: …