June 1, 2012

Middle English poetry

A good friend of mine and I share unusual tastes in history and music. We both like to listen to recitals of middle English and old English, for example. She shared a video of a reading of The Owl and the Nightengale, an early Middle English poem. The poem, and other works of Middle English, can be found online at the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. Related Images:

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