A Selection of Religious LyricsDouglas Gray Clarendon Press, 1975 - 174 pages One of England's most remarkable contributions to medieval literature is a large body of religious lyric verse, the product of a living native tradition of piety and devotional writing which was at the same time part of a common Western European Christian tradition. These poems sometimes use the sophisticated literary techniques of their day, but more often are anonymous, simple and unaffected. The best of them achieve an impressive dignity, moderation and clarity, and (in the words of a contemporary mystic) a 'marvellous homeliness'. This selection represents a large number of the more attractive and interesting lyrics, and illustrates not only their own excellence but also the variety and the potentialities of the traditional types to which they belong. The poems are edited from the manuscripts -- a number have not previously been published -- and are accompanied by full notes and a glossary. |
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... mede . He wolde agayne for your luf blede Rather or that ye damned were . I pray yow all to hym take hede , For now liggus ded my dere son dere . 49 town ] MS . towm out before wepe in MS . 59 bounde ] MS . bonde 78 damned ] MS . dāmed ...
... mede . He wolde agayne for your luf blede Rather or that ye damned were . I pray yow all to hym take hede , For now liggus ded my dere son dere . 49 town ] MS . towm out before wepe in MS . 59 bounde ] MS . bonde 78 damned ] MS . dāmed ...
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... mede , Trustyng a treulofe for to fynd . Upon an hyll than toke I hede , A voise I herd ( and nere I yede ) In gret dolour complaynyng tho , ' See , dere soule , my sydes blede , Quia amore langueo . ' Upon thys mownt I fand a tree ...
... mede , Trustyng a treulofe for to fynd . Upon an hyll than toke I hede , A voise I herd ( and nere I yede ) In gret dolour complaynyng tho , ' See , dere soule , my sydes blede , Quia amore langueo . ' Upon thys mownt I fand a tree ...
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Douglas Gray. ' Wax not wery , myn owne dere wyfe ! What mede is aye to lyffe in counfort ? For in tribulacioun I ryn more ryfe Ofter tymes than in disport- In welth , in woo , ever I support . Than dere soule , go never me fro ! — Thy mede ...
Douglas Gray. ' Wax not wery , myn owne dere wyfe ! What mede is aye to lyffe in counfort ? For in tribulacioun I ryn more ryfe Ofter tymes than in disport- In welth , in woo , ever I support . Than dere soule , go never me fro ! — Thy mede ...
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Expressions et termes fréquents
15th-century Aurora lucis rutilat Ayens Balliol Balliol College blod blode blysse Bodl Bodleian Library boght brest bryng Cambridge Carleton Brown carols CB XIV child Christ dede deth devotional Douce Durham Cathedral EETS forto gode gret grete Harley hath Heil helle herte heven hymn Index J. A. W. Bennett Jesu joye kepe kyng lady Latin litel loke London lord lullay Medieval mercy Merton College Middle English moder mych joy myght mynde myne nought nyght Oxford pa.t Passion poem poet pray prayer Quia amore langueo Regina celi religious lyrics Richard Rolle Robbins rode ryght schall sone song sorwe stanza swete syde synge synne thee ther thou thow thyn Trinity College unto Veni coronaberis verse Virgin Mary wele wepe Whan wnde wolde Woolf wound wyll wyth ΙΟ