Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLADE MADE FOR HIS MOTHER THAT SHE MIGHTE PRAYE, by FRANCOIS VILLON Poet's Biography First Line: Ladye of heaven that o'er earth hath swaye Last Line: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. Alternate Author Name(s): Montcorbier, Francois De Subject(s): Faith; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers & Sons; Prayer; Women - Bible; Belief; Creed; Virgin Mary | ||||||||
LADYE of heaven that o'er earth hath swaye And of Hell's marshes art most Royal Reeve, Grant toe thy humble Christian that doth praye, To be of those thy virtue doth retrieve. Though all unworthye of thy great reprieve, Ladye and mistresse whom I worship well, Yet can thy virtues save my soul from Hell Despite my sinfulnesse, and purge the offence Soe that I win to heaven. Truth I tell: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. Tell toe thy Sonne that I am his; my shame I bear untoe him to be purged of sinne. Forgive me even as the Egyptian dame Or as the clerk Theophilus who did win Thy pardon and a new life did begin, Though he hadde given his soul in bond to Hell. Guard me, O Virgin, from foul Satan's spell Soe that the holye bread I taste, nor thence Be driven, till Tyme sounde my passynge bell: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. I am but a poor old woman whose dim eyes That lack book-learning, do with joy behold Within the church a painted Paradyse With harps and eke with lutës manifold; Therunder a huge cauldron wherin roll'd The damnéd seethe for ever in deep Hell, The which I fear. O Goddesse, let me dwell Where joy is. Thou, the sinner's sure defence, Fill me with faith, and all my sloth dispell: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. Thou barest, Virgin Princesse, without stain, Jesus the Kynge that doth for ever reign. The Almightye, seeinge us in thrall to Hell, Didde give his deare sonne for our soul's offence To die, and from the heavens where he doth dwell, Our Lord did brynge salvation as I tell: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADONNA by KATHARINE LEE BATES BALLADE TO OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA by HILAIRE BELLOC OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON ISLAND MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON MARY'S DREAM by LUCILLE CLIFTON A DOUBLE BALLAD OF GOOD COUNSEL by FRANCOIS VILLON BALLAD MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HIS MOTHER .. PRAY TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON |
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