Anonymous British Poems

When Troy towne had, for ten yeeres 'past',
Withstood the Greekes in manfull wise,
Then did their foes encrease soe fast,
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Long the sun hath gone to rest,
Dimm'd is now the deep'ning west;
And the sky hath lost the hue
That the rich clouds o'er it threw.
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Willie stands in his stable door,
And clapping at his steed,
And over his white fingers
His nose began to bleed.
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When Phoebus had melted the sickles of ice,
With a hey down, &c.
And likewise the mountains of snow,
Bold Robin Hood he would ramble to see,
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London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair Lady.
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Blessed is the birch in the valley of Gwy
Whose branches will fall off one by one, two by two
It will remain when there will be a battle in Ardudwy
And the lowing together of the cattle about the ford of Mochnwy
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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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'Tis very odd that poets should suppose
There is no poetry about a nose,
When plain as is the nose upon your face,
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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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