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Why were ye Calliope embrawdred with letters of golde?
From Poetical Works, ed. Dyce (1843)
Calliope,
As ye may se,
Regent is she
Of poetes al,
Whiche gaue to me
The high degre
Laureat to be
Of fame royall;
Whose name enrolde
With silke and golde
I dare be bolde
Thus for to were.
Of her I holde
And her housholde;
Though I waxe olde
And somdele sere,
Yet is she fayne,
Voyde of disdayn,
Me to retayne
Her seruiture:
With her certayne
I wyll remayne,
As my souerayne
Moost of pleasure,
Maulgre touz malheureux.
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Skelton, John. “Why were ye Calliope embrawdred with letters of golde?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/30/.
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Skelton, John. “Why were ye Calliope embrawdred with letters of golde?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/30/.
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