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Classic poem of the day
Oh! some folks boast of quail on toast
Because they think it's toney;
But I'm content to owe my rent
And live on abalone.
Oh! Mission Point's a friendly joint,
Where every crab's a crony;
And true and kind you'll ever find
The clinging abalone.
He wanders free beside the sea,
Where'er the coast is stony;
He flaps his wings and madly sings —
The plaintive abalone.
By Carmel bay, the people say,
We feed the lazzaroni
On Boston beans and fresh sardines
And toothsome abalone.
Some live on hope, and some on dope,
And some on alimony;
But my tomcat, he lives on fat
And tender abalone.
Oh! some drink rain and some champagne
Or brandy by the pony;
But I will try a little rye
With a dash of abalone.
Oh! some like jam, and some like ham,
And some like macaroni;
But bring me in a pail of...
member poem of the day
These are my modern English translations of Middle English poems and Old English/Anglo-Saxon poems by Anonymous, John Audelay, Caedmon, Charles d'Orleans, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Cornish, Deor, William Dunbar, Gildas, Godric of Finchale, King Henry VIII, Robert Henryson, William Herebert, Thomas Hoccleve, William Langland, Layamon, John Lydgate, The Pearl Poet, Thomas Phillipps, Richard of Caistre, Richard Rolle, James Ryman, John Skelton, William of Shoreham and Winfred aka St. Boniface. There are also modernizations of late Medieval poems by Thomas Campion, Sir Thomas Wyatt and Johann Angelus Silesius.
Some of the oldest English poems are among the most beautiful, including "Merciless Beauty" by Geoffrey Chaucer, "Sweet Rose of Virtue" by William Dunbar, and "Oft in My Thought" by Charles d'Orleans. All completely free here.
How Long the Night
(anonymous Middle Engli
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