Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (4), by ANONYMOUS First Line: "nay, ivy, nay!" Last Line: "that creye, 'how! How!'" Variant Title(s): Holly Aginst Ivy Subject(s): Holly;ivy | ||||||||
Nay! Ivy, nay! It shall not be, iwis: Let Holy have the maistry, As the manner is. Holy stond in the hall Faire to behold: Ivy stond without the dore -- She is full sore acold. Holy and his mery men They daunsen and they sing; Ivy and her maidenes They wepen and they wring. Ivy hath a kibe -- She caght it with the colde. So mot they all have ay That with Ivy hold. Holy hath beris As rede as any rose: The foster, the hunters Kepe hem fro the doos. Ivy hath beris As blake as any slo: Ther com the owle And ete hem as she goo. Holy hath birdes, A full faire flok: The nightingale, the poppyinguy, The gayntil laverok. Gode Ivy, gode Ivy, What birdes hast thou? Non but the owlet That creye, "How! how!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IVY; ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON BOOK OF VISIONS: THE RETURN by PAUL FORT IVY SONG; ON RECEIVING IVY LEAVES .. CASTLE OF RHEINFELS by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS LOVE'S TOKEN by PIERRE DE RONSARD THE OAK OF OUR FATHERS by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE HOLLY AND THE IVY by ANONYMOUS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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