The Request
The Bard and I the other day
Found to our delight
The faerie queen
Gloriana by name
Had called for us to come and write
A play for her to see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xBc99kdpI Tudor Court Music
A love story she had asked for
Where man bedevilled by his friends
Had taken up a cause of war
Against them
(An allegory for sure for her)
Found to our delight
The faerie queen
Gloriana by name
Had called for us to come and write
A play for her to see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xBc99kdpI Tudor Court Music
A love story she had asked for
Where man bedevilled by his friends
Had taken up a cause of war
Against them
(An allegory for sure for her)
Winter time
We strode through streets covered with snow
Winter time had come
Icicles from thatched roofs hung low
Ice on windows formed
Slush outside taverns lay
Where ale and wine were thrown away
Drunken sots all around
Too inebriated to mind
Wooden eaves cross street did touch
Tudor houses built that way
Slops thrown from windows on men did land
And other things not mentionable!
Winter time had come
Icicles from thatched roofs hung low
Ice on windows formed
Slush outside taverns lay
Where ale and wine were thrown away
Drunken sots all around
Too inebriated to mind
Wooden eaves cross street did touch
Tudor houses built that way
Slops thrown from windows on men did land
And other things not mentionable!
Inside the Tavern
A fire crackled in the hearth
Big enough to house three men
A big black cauldron filled with soup
What else we will not say
A spit with pig stretched out on it
Hissed as fat hit fire
Roasting aromas filled the air
Hiding other smells
Trenchers of bread placed were they
Across the tables bare
Nothing else appeared at all
But a slovenly maid
Big enough to house three men
A big black cauldron filled with soup
What else we will not say
A spit with pig stretched out on it
Hissed as fat hit fire
Roasting aromas filled the air
Hiding other smells
Trenchers of bread placed were they
Across the tables bare
Nothing else appeared at all
But a slovenly maid
Gloriana
We sat side by side
Our quills were poised
Our minds aligned
Forth magic words did come
Anthony and Cleopatra
History and drama therein contained
Which Gloriana craved
Her affair with Lord Leicester known
Hidden behind screens of illusion
Drama on stage her preference
Took peoples' minds away
From the games she often played
Yet tall she stood
Above all men
In glory found her way
Guiding englishmen to victory
Far beyond any woman should
Yet this royal woman could
This the Bard and I wrote about
Using people from another age
Hiding the glory of Elizabet
In plain sight of all
and so it is
Our quills were poised
Our minds aligned
Forth magic words did come
Anthony and Cleopatra
History and drama therein contained
Which Gloriana craved
Her affair with Lord Leicester known
Hidden behind screens of illusion
Drama on stage her preference
Took peoples' minds away
From the games she often played
Yet tall she stood
Above all men
In glory found her way
Guiding englishmen to victory
Far beyond any woman should
Yet this royal woman could
This the Bard and I wrote about
Using people from another age
Hiding the glory of Elizabet
In plain sight of all
and so it is
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