Two Short Poems about Medieval England, Historical and Mythical

April 8, 2015 by Quin Finnegan at 11:06 am

On Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
In the 600s AD, the English
(Anglo-Saxons) had to cede
authority to Italian and Irish
missionaries—so says Bede.

Doo After the Good and Leve the Evyl
Chivalry itself is more than fable,
even if modeled on knights in Le Morte
d’Arthur, and how they comport
themselves away from the round table.

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5 Comments Filed Under: bloggerel verse, finnegan, marginalia, This will have to do until JOB posts his epic on vodka in Pushkin stanzas

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Louise Orrock says

April 10, 2015 at 3:26 pm

I was just wondering if the United States was still more Christian than Great Britain, or London.

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- Quin Finnegan says
  
  April 10, 2015 at 11:55 pm
  
  According to John Cleese, London isn’t even English anymore, let alone Christian.
  
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  - Alan Bennett and/or Peter Cook and/or Jonathan Miller and/or Dudley Moore says
    
    April 11, 2015 at 1:47 am
    
    ~~See~~ Hear also.
    
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Louise Orrock says

April 10, 2015 at 3:26 pm

I live in a horrible area.

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- Quin Finnegan says
  
  April 11, 2015 at 12:16 am
  
  I wonder how it compares to “The Blade“.
  
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