Medieval Lyric
Middle English Lyrics, Ballads and Carols
- Editor: Hirsh, John C.
Medieval Lyric
Middle English Lyrics, Ballads and Carols
- Editor: Hirsh, John C.
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Medieval Lyric is a colourful collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them.
- A lively and engaging collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written in between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them.
- Introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry.
- Presents poems of mourning and of celebration, poems dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and to Christ, poems inviting or disparaging love, poems about sex, and more.
- Reader-friendly - uses modernized letter forms, punctuation and capitalization, and side glosses explaining difficult words.
- Opens with a substantial introduction by the editor to the medieval lyric as a genre, and features short introductions to each section and poem.
- Also includes an annotated bibliography, glossary, index of first lines, and list of manuscripts cited.
Contents
- List of Illustrations.
- Preface.
- List of Abbreviations.
- Introduction.
- I. Poems of Mourning, Fear, and Apprehension .
- 1 O Glorius God, redemer of mankynde.
- 2 Mirie it is while sumer i-last.
- 3 Now goth sonne vnder wod.
- 4 If man him bithocte.
- 5 Wen the turuf is thy tuur.
- 6 As I went in a mery mornyng.
- 7 Thegh thou habbe casteles and toures.
- II. Poems of Joy and Celebration .
- 8 Svmer is i-cumen in.
- 9 Adam lay i-bowndyn.
- 10 My gostly fadir, Y me confesse.
- 11 Lett no man cum into this hall.
- 12 Witte hath wondir that resoun ne telle kan.
- III. Poems Inscribed to the Blessed Virgin .
- 13 I syng of a mayden.
- 14 Of on that is so fayr and brigt.
- 15 Haill, Quene of Hevin and Steren of Blis.
- 16 I saw a fayr mayden.
- IV. Poems of Narrative Reflection .
- 17 In the vaile of restles mynd.
- 18 Alas, alas, and alas, why.
- 19 I wolde witen of sum wys wiht.
- V. Poems Whose Meanings Are Hidden (but Not Necessarily Unknown).
- 20 Maiden in the mor lay.
- 21 Foweles in the frith.
- 22 Ich am of Irlaunde.
- 23 I seche a youthe that eldyth noght.
- 24 He bare hym vp, he bare hym down.
- VI. Poems about Christ’s Life and Passion .
- 25 A child is boren amonges man.
- 26 Al other loue is lych the mone.
- 27 Wose seye on rode.
- 28 O man vnkynde.
- 29 Ihesu, my spowse good and trewe.
- 30 Causa materialis huius rubricacionis est.
- VII. Poems Inviting or Disparaging Love .
- 31 Bytuene Mersh and Aueril.
- 32 Goe, lytyll byll, and doe me recommende.
- 33 I haue a yong suster.
- 34 Goo, lyttell ryng, to that ylke suehte.
- 35 Vnto you, most froward, this lettre I write.
- 36 O fresch floure, most plesant of pryse.
- VIII. Poems about Sex.
- 37 Westron wynde, when wyll thow blow.
- 38 Al nist by the rose, Rose.
- 39 I haue a gentil cok.
- 40 Ladd Y the daunce.
- IX. Ballads .
- 41 Sir Patrick Spens.
- Patrick Spencer (American version).
- 42 Bonnie Barbara Allan.
- Barbara Allen (American version).
- 43 Lord Randal.
- Jimmy Randal (American version).
- 44 The Unquiet Grave.
- The Wind Blew Up, the Wind Blew Down (American version).
- 45 The Three Ravens.
- Willie McGee McGaw (American version).
- X. Carols .
- 46 Go day, Syre Cristemas, our kyng.
- 47 I shall you tell a gret mervayll.
- 48 Off seruyng men I wyll begyne.
- 49 Owre kynge went forth to Normandy.
- 50 As the holly grouth grene.
- Appendix A. Some Lyrics of Geoffrey Chaucer.
- A1 Truth.
- A2 The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse.
- A3 To Rosamounde.
- A4 Lak of Stedfastnesse.
- A5 Embedded Lyric A.
- A6 Embedded Lyric B.
- A7 To Adam, My Scribe.
- Appendix B. Poems of William Hereberet, Richard Rolle, and John Audelay .
- B1 Alma Redemptoris Mater (Holy Moder, that bere Cryst).
- B2 Jesus Our Ransom (Iesu our raunsoun).
- Richard Rolle.
- B3 A Song of Love-Longing to Jesus (Ihesu, God sone, Lord of Mageste).
- B4 A Prose Lyric: Spiritual Joy in Jesus (Gastly gladnes in Ihesu).
- B5 Embedded Lyric A (Ihesu, be thou my ioy).
- B6 Embedded Lyric B (A, Lord, kyng of myght).
- B7 Embedded Lyric C (To loue the).
- John Audelay.
- B8 Of the Love of God (I haue a loue is heuen kyng).
- B9 Of Our King, Henry VI (A! Pereles Pryns to the we pray).
- Appendix C. Three Poems from the Findern Anthology .
- C1 Where Y haue chosyn, stedefast woll Y be.
- C2 Whatso men seyn.
- C3 Continvaunce.
- Glossary.
- A Short Bibliography of the Middle English Lyric.
- First Line Index.
- Manuscript Index.
