#EnglishWriters
AFTER the fight at Otterburn, "Before the ravens came, The Witch—wife rode across the fe… And spoke Earl Percy’s name. “Stand up—stand up, Northumberlan…
There was a Priest at Philae, Tongue-tied, feeble, and old; And the daily prayer to the Virgi… Was all the Office he could. The others were ill-remembered,
BLESSÈD was our first age and morning—time. Then were no waies tarren, ne no cars numberen, but each followed his owne playinge—busyness to go about singly or by large interspaces, for ...
“GAY go up and gay go down To ring the Bells of London Town… When London Town’s asleep in bed You’ll hear the Bells ring overhe… In excelsis gloria!
I’VE A HEAD like a concertina:… I’ve a mouth like an old potato, a… But I’ve had my fun o’ the Corp’r… And I’m here in the Clink for a t… With a second—hand overcoat under…
After the sack of the City, when… In the years that the lights were… Low on the borders of Britain (th… Between the Cliff and the Forest… Stubborn all were his people from…
WE’VE got the cholerer in camp—i… We’re dyin’ in the wilderness the… It’s before us, an’ be’ind us, an’… An’ the doctor’s just reported we’… Oh, strike your camp an’ go, the…
’TWAS Fultah Fisher’s boarding—… Where sailor-men reside, And there were men of all the port… From Mississip to Clyde, And regally they spat and smoked,
AFTER the sack of the City, whe… In the years that the Lights were… Low on the borders of Britain, th… Between the Cliff and the Forest… Stubborn all were his people, a st…
I have made for you a song, And it may be right or wrong, But only you can tell me if it’s t… I have tried for to explain Both your pleasure and your pain,
There’s a whisper down the field w… And the ricks stand grey to the su… Singing: ‘Over then, come over, f… ‘And your English summer’s done.’ You have heard the beat of the off…
’TWIXT my house and thy house th… In thy house or my house is half t… By my house and thy house hangs al… On thy house and my house lies hal… For my house and thy house no help…
Now this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump. In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Ma...
THIS fell when dinner—time was d… ’Twixt the first an’ the second ru… That oor mon Jock cam’ hame again To his rooms ahist the Club. An’ syne he laughed, an’ syne he s…
We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low. We ate bread and onions when you took towns, or ran aboard quickly when you were beaten back by the foe. The ...