Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

Name: Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer
Author: Baldwin, James

Baldwin, James

English poetry

=afoir=, before.
     =auance=, advance.
     =ay=, ever, always.
     =but=, without.
     =conding=, condign, worthy.
     =crynis=, diminishes.
     =deid=, death.
     =degest=, grave.
     =dicht=, relieve.
     =docht=, avails.
     =feid=, hatred.
     =fois=, time.
     =glaiding=, happiness.
     =gloir=, glory.
     =grant=, giving.
     =gre=, degree.
     =guerdoun=, reward.
     =ilk=, any.
     =mekill=, much, mickle.
     =peir=, peer.
     =poureall=, the poor.
     =puissance=, power.
     =quhilk=, who, which.
     =quhome=, without whom.
     =reid=, advice.
     =rois=, king.
     =sanct=, saint.
     =site=, shame.
     =till=, to.
     =tite=, quickly.
     =tynis=, loses.
     =wicht=, person, wight.




FOUR POETS OF THIS CENTURY.


JOHN LYDGATE was born at the village of Lydgate, near Newmarket, about
1370. He was a Benedictine monk attached to the monastery of Bury St.
Edmunds, and is remembered as the author of three poems, which, in their
time, attracted much attention. These are "The Storie of Thebes,"
written in ten-syllable rhyming couplets, and founded upon the "Teseide"
of Boccaccio; the "Troye Book," finished about 1420, and relating the
story of the Trojan war as recounted by Guido di Colonna in his Latin
prose history of Troy; and "The Falls of Princes," founded on a French
version of Boccaccio's "De Casibus Virorum Illustrium." In 1433, Lydgate
wrote a wearisome but somewhat amusing poem, "Pur le Roy," describing a
visit to London, and the pageants, processions, and other rejoicings, on
the occasion of the entrance of Henry VI. into the city after his
coronation. The date of the poet's death is not exactly known, but it
was probably not later than 1440.

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ROBERT HENRYSON, "an accomplished man and a good and genuine poet," was
born about the year 1425, and died near the close of the century. He was
for a time a schoolmaster and notary public at Dunfermline, in Scotland,
and was connected, in some capacity, with the University of Glasgow. He
was probably, like Lydgate, a Benedictine monk. His principal works are
"The Testament of Cresseid," a sequel to Chaucer's "Troilus and
Cresseide," and a collection of thirteen fables. He wrote also many
shorter poems, of which the ballad of "Robin and Makyne" (published in
Percy's _Reliques_) is the best known.

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Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

Baldwin, James

English poetry

=afoir=, before.
     =auance=, advance.
     =ay=, ever, always.
     =but=, without.
     =conding=, condign, worthy.
     =crynis=, diminishes.
     =deid=, death.
     =degest=, grave.
     =dicht=, relieve.
     =docht=, avails.
     =feid=, hatred.
     =fois=, time.
     =glaiding=, happiness.
     =gloir=, glory.
     =grant=, giving.
     =gre=, degree.
     =guerdoun=, reward.
     =ilk=, any.
     =mekill=, much, mickle.
     =peir=, peer.
     =poureall=, the poor.
     =puissance=, power.
     =quhilk=, who, which.
     =quhome=, without whom.
     =reid=, advice.
     =rois=, king.
     =sanct=, saint.
     =site=, shame.
     =till=, to.
     =tite=, quickly.
     =tynis=, loses.
     =wicht=, person, wight.




FOUR POETS OF THIS CENTURY.


JOHN LYDGATE was born at the village of Lydgate, near Newmarket, about
1370. He was a Benedictine monk attached to the monastery of Bury St.
Edmunds, and is remembered as the author of three poems, which, in their
time, attracted much attention. These are "The Storie of Thebes,"
written in ten-syllable rhyming couplets, and founded upon the "Teseide"
of Boccaccio; the "Troye Book," finished about 1420, and relating the
story of the Trojan war as recounted by Guido di Colonna in his Latin
prose history of Troy; and "The Falls of Princes," founded on a French
version of Boccaccio's "De Casibus Virorum Illustrium." In 1433, Lydgate
wrote a wearisome but somewhat amusing poem, "Pur le Roy," describing a
visit to London, and the pageants, processions, and other rejoicings, on
the occasion of the entrance of Henry VI. into the city after his
coronation. The date of the poet's death is not exactly known, but it
was probably not later than 1440.

       *       *       *       *       *

ROBERT HENRYSON, "an accomplished man and a good and genuine poet," was
born about the year 1425, and died near the close of the century. He was
for a time a schoolmaster and notary public at Dunfermline, in Scotland,
and was connected, in some capacity, with the University of Glasgow. He
was probably, like Lydgate, a Benedictine monk. His principal works are
"The Testament of Cresseid," a sequel to Chaucer's "Troilus and
Cresseide," and a collection of thirteen fables. He wrote also many
shorter poems, of which the ballad of "Robin and Makyne" (published in
Percy's _Reliques_) is the best known.

       *       *       *       *       *

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Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

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