Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARTHURIAN SONGS: 2. THE END, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Queen guenevere a-maying rode Last Line: In white clothes and in black. Subject(s): Convents; Courts & Courtiers; Nuns | ||||||||
"Now leave we Queen Guenever in Aymesbury, that was a nun in white clothes and in black." Morte d'Arthur. QUEEN GUENEVERE a-maying rode In green and gold, alack! Queen Guenevere God's vassal died In white clothes and in black. In gold and green I follow her; Nor God will call me back. For I shall die in Aymesbury, In white clothes and in black. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAR MEMORY: 2. SOMEONE INSIDE ME REMEMBERS by LUCILLE CLIFTON FAR MEMORY: 5. SINNERMAN by LUCILLE CLIFTON CLARE OF ASSISI by MADELINE DEFREES EXISTING LIGHT; FOR LEE NYE by MADELINE DEFREES GILBERT OF SEMPRINGHAM by MADELINE DEFREES GRANDMOTHER GRANT by MADELINE DEFREES HANGING THE BLUE NUNS; FOR WARREN CARRIER by MADELINE DEFREES IN THE MIDDLE OF PRIEST LAKE by MADELINE DEFREES PSALM FOR A NEW NUN by MADELINE DEFREES A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN TO HER LOVER by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR |
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