Representative Poetry Online
On this day: June 12th
Random Poem of the Day
Notes
1] This is the oldest version, according to The Middle English Poem, Earth upon Earth, Printed from Twenty-four Manuscripts, ed. Hilda M. R. Murray, EETS OS 141 (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1911): xxxii, 1 (facsimile of MS page in frontispiece). The first three lines appear to describe making a living as a farmer, carrying a body in a funeral procession, and burying a body. woh: woe. Back to Line
2] droh: drew, brought. Back to Line
3] throh: trough, grave. Back to Line
4] Tho: then. heuede: had. ynoh: enough. Back to Line