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.
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-cl¢
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