The Penguin Book of English Verse [Paperback]

Spanning seven centuries, this ambitious and revelatory collection turns the traditional chronology of anthologies on its head, listing poems according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The Penguin Book of English VersePreface

1300-1350
(Rawlinson Lyrics)
Anonymous'Ich am of Irlande'
Anonymous'Maiden in the morë lay'
Anonymous'Al night by the rosë, rosë'
(Harley Lyrics)
Anonymous'Bitwenë March and Avëril'
Anonymous'Erthë tok of erthe'

1350-1400
(Grimestone Lyrics)
Anonymous'Gold and al this worldës wyn'
Anonymous'Gloria mundi est'
Anonymous'Love me broughte'
Anonymous(The Dragon Speaks)
Geoffrey ChaucerfromThe Parliament of Fowls
(Catalogue of the Birds)
(Roundel)
Geoffrey ChaucerfromThe Boke of Troilus
(Envoi)
Anonymous'When Adam dalf and Eve span'
William LanglandfromThe Vision of Piers Plowman
(Prologue)
(Gluttony in the Ale-house)
Geoffrey ChaucerfromThe Canterbury Tales
fromThe General Prologue 'Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote'
fromThe General Prologue (The Prioress)
fromThe Knight's Tale (The Temple of Mars)
fromThe Knight's Tale (Saturn)
fromThe Milleres Tale (Alysoun)
fromThe Wife of Bath's Prologue 'ló@