John Skelton Small Poems

  • 1.
    [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]

    ...
  • 2.
    Parotte.
    So many morall maters,* and so lytell vsyd ;
    So myche newe makyng,* and so madd tyme spente ;
    So myche translacion in to Englyshe confused ;
    ...
  • 3.
    Quis consurget mecum adversus malignantes ?
    aut quis stabit mecum adversus operantes iniqui-
    tatem ? Nemo, Domine !

    ...
  • 4.
    Pla ce bo,
    Who is there, who?
    Di le xi,
    Dame Margery;
    ...
  • 5.
    The auncient acquaintance, madam, betwen vs twayn,
    The famylyaryte, the formal dalyaunce,
    Causyth me that I can not myself refrayne
    But that I must wryte for my plesaunt pastaunce:
    ...
Total 5 Small Poems by John Skelton

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