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romance & chivalry

Scheherazade - by Tom Hubbard

{ Poem }

Frae the Ukrainian o Mykhailo Drai-Khmara
/
/ I pree its peace, this outland garth,
/ As the mirk faas on glamourie:
/ As I hark til…

Nyanken Hne - by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

{ Poem }

My husband, Nyanken Hne,
/ like galo, waving up Dolokeh’s hills.
/ The storms cannot touch him;
/ they fear him like a wife fears a…

The King - by Rudyard Kipling

{ Poem }

“FAREWELL, Romance!” the Cave-men said;
/ “With bone well carved he went away,
/ Flint arms the ignoble arrowhead,
/ And jasper tips…

Muckle Mou’d Meg - by James Ballantine

{ Poem }

‘Oh, what hae ye brought us hame now, my brave lord,
/ Strappit flaught owre his braid saddle-bow?
/ Some…

Ripeness - by Alasdair Gray

{ Poem }

It is three months since you taught me love can be fun
/ and one since you came to fruit,
/ breasts weighty and…

Lady Barbara - by Alexander Smith

{ Poem }

Earl Gawain wooed the Lady Barbara,—
High-thoughted Barbara, so white and cold !

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