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Informationen zum Autor Various Klappentext Short narrative poems, religious and secular lyrics, and moral, political, and comic verses are all included in this comprehensive collection of works from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Short narrative poems, religious and secular lyrics, and moral, political, and comic verses are all included in this comprehensive collection of works from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction Poems of the Nativity 1. "I sing of a Maiden" 2. "Bringing us bliss now" 3. "Holy Mary, mother mild" 4. "Lady, Lady, fair and bright" 5. "Of a Rose, a lovely Rose" 6. "Jesus, son most sweet and dear" 7. "Let us gather hand in hand" 8. "As I was lying down at night" Poems on the Passion 9. "Upon a Holy Thursday, up rose Our Lord" 10. "Now sinks the sun beneath the wood" 11. "White was his naked breast" 12. "Lovely tear from lovely eye" 13. "You who created everything" 14. "Man and woman, look on me!" 15. "Look on your Lord, Man, hanging on the Rood" 16. "Mother and Maiden, come and see!" 17. "My folk, what have I done to you" Poems of Adoration 18. "All other love is like the moon" 19. A Goodly Orison to Our Lady 20. "Holy Mary, Lady bright" 21. "A maid of Christ made warm request" 22. "Adam lay in bondage" 23. "Love made firm in Christ" Poems of Sin and Death 24. "Merry it is while summer lasts" 25. "The life of this world" 26. "When the turf is your tower" 27. "Now that man is hale and whole" 28. "When my eyes are fogged"29. "Long life, O Man, you hope to gain" 30. The Ten Ages of Man 31. "Hard it is to flit"32. "Ubi Sunt qui ante Nos Fuerunt?"33. "Holy Lady Mary, Mother, Maid" Miscellaneous Religious Poems 34. The Ten Commandments 35. The Covetous Man 36. "No longer will I wicked be!" 37. "Lord, you called to me" 38. The Thrush and the Nightingale 39. "The man who would the truth tell" 40. "Though you be king of tower and town" 41. "Pride is out and pride is in" 42. "Blowing was made for sport and game" 43. The Adulterous Falmouth Squire Selections from the Bestiary 44. The Lion 45. The Stag 46. The Whale Miscellaneous Secular Poems 47. "I am from Ireland" 48. "Maiden on the moor lay" 49. "Of every kind of tree" 50. "All night by the rose, rose" 51. "I am Rose, alas for me" 52. "Tell me, broom wizard, tell me" 53. "Now blossoms the spray" 54. "Love is soft and love is sweet" 55. "I newly have a garden" 56. "I have a little sister" 57. "I have a noble cockerel" 58. The Servant Girl's Holiday 59. "Not long ago I met a clerk" 60. "Brainy teacher, is it your" 61. "Swarthy smoke-blackened smiths" 62. "The Man in the Moon can stand or stride" 63. "Lord who grants us life and looks upon us all" 64....
