Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AGINCOURT CAROL, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Owre kynge went forth to normandy Last Line: That we with merth mowe savely sing / 'deo gracias' Subject(s): "agincourt, Battle Of (1415); | ||||||||
Owre Kynge went forth to Normandy With grace and might of chivalry; Ther God for him wrought mervelusly; Wherfore England may call and cry "Deo gracias.' He sette a sege, the sooth for to say, To Harfleur town with royal aray; That town he won and made afray That Fraunce shal rewe til Domesday: Deo gracias. Then went our King with alle his host Thorough Fraunce, for all the Frenshe boast; He spared no drede of lest ne most Til he come to Agincourt coast: Deo gracias. Then, forsooth, that knight comely In Agincourt feeld he fought manly. Thorough grace of God most mighty He had both the feeld and the victory: Deo gracias. There dukes and erles, lord and barone Were take and slain, and that wel sone; And sume were ledde into Lundone With joy and merth and gret renone: Deo gracias. Now gracious God He save our King, His peple, and alle his wel-willing; Yef him good life and good ending, That we with merth mowe savely sing "Deo gracias.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SITTING BULL IN SERBIA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH TO THE EXCELLENT ORINDA by PHILO PHILIPPA EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY CIBBER'S VERSES IN PRAISE OF NASH: 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE GIFT OF THE GODS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH by ALFRED TENNYSON BEAU NASH by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BEAU NASH AND THE ROMAN, OR THE TWO ERAS by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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