Anonymous British Poems

Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid,
Edward, Edward,
Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid,
And why sae sad gang yee O?'
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Romani Suttur Gillie

Jaw to sutturs, my tiny chal;
Your die to dukker has jall'd abri;
At rarde she will wel palal
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'Let us go to the woods,' says Richard to Robin,
'Let us go to the woods,' says Robin to Bobbin,
'Let us go to the woods,' says John all alone,
'Let us go to the woods,' says every one.
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Cospatrick has sent oer the faem,
Cospatrick brought his ladye hame.
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I will give my love an apple without e'er a core,
I will give my love a house without e'er a door,
I will give my love a palace wherein she may be,
And she may unlock it without any key.
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A thousand years between the sun and sea
Britannia held her court of liberty,
And cradled heroes in the questing waves
That were for lesser men but wandering graves.
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Of Hector's deeds did Homer sing,
And of the sack of stately Troy,
What griefs fair Helena did bring,
Which was Sir Paris' only joy:
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I Saw a Peacock, with a fiery tail,
I saw a Blazing Comet, drop down hail,
I saw a Cloud, with Ivy circled round,
I saw a sturdy Oak, creep on the ground,
I saw a Pismire, swallow up a Whale,
I saw a raging Sea, brim full of Ale,
I saw a Venice Glass, full fifteen feet deep,
I saw a well, full of men's tears that weep,
I saw red eyes, all of a flaming fire,
I saw a House, as big as the Moon and higher,
I saw the Sun, even in the midst of night,
I saw the man, that saw this wondrous sight.
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It were a wonder if one unites,
And not of wonders and strange sights;
For ev'ry where such things affrights
Poore people,
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Weep you no more, sad fountains;
What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains
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