Anonymous British Poems

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31.
The Irish Dancer

Ich am of Irlaunde,
Ant of the holy londe
Of Irlande.
Gode sire, pray ich the,
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32.
Of A Rose, A Lovely Rose, Of A Rose Is Al Myn Song

Lestenyt, lordynges, both elde and yinge,
How this rose began to sprynge;
Swych a rose to myn lykynge
In al this word ne knowe I non.
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33.
On The Zodiac

Behold our orbit as through twice six signs
Our central Sun apparently inclines:
The Golden Fleece his pale ray first adorns,
Then tow'rds the Bull he winds and gilds his horns;
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34.
The North Wind Doth Blow

The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will the robin do then,
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35.
Ring A Ring O' Roses

Ring a Ring O' Roses,
A pocketful of posies,
Atishoo! Atishoo!
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36.
Epitaph In Calstock Churchyard, Cornwall

'Twas by a fall I caught my death;
No man can tell his time or breath;
I might have died as soon as then
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37.
Wise Old Owl

A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
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38.
If You Sit Down At Set Of Sun

If you sit down at set of sun,
And count the acts that you have done,
And counting find
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39.
Epitaph In Sevenoaks Church-Yard

Grim Death took me without any warning,
I was well at night and dead at nine in the morning.
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40.
Nightingale In The East

On a dark lonely night on the Crimea's dread shore
There had been bloodshed and strife on the morning before,
The dead and the dying lay bleeding around,
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