Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, "KNIGHT, KNIGHT, CLERK WEND TO DEATH", by ANONYMOUS


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"KNIGHT, KNIGHT, CLERK WEND TO DEATH", by                    
First Line: "I wende to dede, knight stithe in stoure"
Last Line: Bes ware with me! To dede I wende
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


I wende to dede, knight stithe in stoure,
Thurghe fight in felde I won the flowr.
No fightes me taught the dede to quell:
I wende to dede; sooth I yow tell.
I wende to dede, a king iwisse;
What helpes honor or worldes blisse?
Dede is to man the kinde way.
I wende to be clad in clay.
I wende to dede, clerk ful of skill,
That couth with worde men mar and dill.
Soon has me made the dede an ende.
Bes ware with me! to dede I wende.






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