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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE TRUE KNIGHT, by STEPHEN HAWES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: For knighthood is not in the feats of warre
Last Line: But for a truth, or for the common's sake.
Subject(s): Knights & Knighthood
First Line: For knighthood is not in the feats of warre
Last Line: But for a truth, or for the common's sake.
Subject(s): Knights & Knighthood
FOR knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But in a cause which truth can not defarre:
He ought himself for to make sure and strong,
Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought to take
But for a truth, or for the common's sake.
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