William Dunbar Poems

  • 1.
    Sweet rois of vertew and of gentilness,
    Delytsum lily of everie lustynes,
    Richest in bontie and in bewtie clear,
    And everie vertew that is wenit dear,
    ...
  • 2.
    Rorate coeli desuper!
    Hevins, distil your balmy schouris!
    For now is risen the bricht day-ster,
    Fro the rose Mary, flour of flouris:
    ...
  • 3.
    I that in heill was and gladnèss
    Am trublit now with great sickness
    And feblit with infirmitie:-
    Timor Mortis conturbat me.
    ...
  • 4.
    London, thou art of townes A per se.
    Soveraign of cities, seemliest in sight,
    Of high renoun, riches and royaltie;
    Of lordis, barons, and many a goodly knyght;
    ...
Total 4 Poems by William Dunbar

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