"Gup, Christian Clout, gup, Jack of the Vale!
With Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale." John Skelton (1460?-1529), British poet. Mannerly Margery Mylk and Ale (l. 6-7). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"A phoenix it is
This hearse that must bless
With aromatic gums
That cost great sums,
The way of thurification
To make a fumigation,
Sweet of reflare,
And redolent of air," John Skelton (1460?-1529), British poet. Phyllyp Sparowe (l. 235-242). . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938) Oxford University Press. |
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