...flower of goodlihead, Embroidered the mantle Is of your maidenhead. To Mistress Margaret Hussey [ERRY Margaret As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower: With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness ; So joyously, So maidenly,...

...(1460-1529) TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY MERRY Margaret As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly Her demeaning In every thing,...Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower. As patient and still And as full of good will As fair Isaphill, Coliander, Sweet pomander, Good Cassander; Steadfast...

...dies; If not enjoyed, it sighing cries Heigh-ho! l6 1615. Samuel Daniel. TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY MERRY Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon, Or hawk of the tower; To Mistress Margaret Hussey With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness...

...his verse is written in short lines that remind the reader of the Tudor poet, Skelton, famous for his Merry Margaret As midsummer flower Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower. A poem called "Free Verse," is unlike most free verse, because, though many of the lines vary in length,...

...the tower: With solace and gladness Much mirth and no madness All good and no badness, So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly Her demeaning in every thing,...far passing, That I can indite, Or suffice to write Merry Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower. As patient and still, And...

...graces to the grave, And leave the world no copy. SHAKESPEARE. TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY. MEI:KY Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon, Or hawk of the tower ; With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness ; So joyously, So maidenly,...

...' With ' Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck ! ' 30 JOHN SKELTON. XXII TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY. A/TERRY Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower, With solace and gladness, 5 Much mirth and no madness j All good and no badness, So joyously, So maidenly,...

...the tower: With solace and gladness Much mirth and no madness All good and no badness, So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly Her demeaning in every thing,...far passing, That I can indite, Or suffice to write Merry Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower. As patient and still, And...

...maidenhead. Plainly, I cannot glose; Ye be, as I divine, The pretty primerose, The goodly columbine. • Merry Margaret As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower: With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness; So joyously, So maidenly,...

...fashion Without alteration, (1. 258-260) AAS; NOBE; OAEL-1; OxBoLi; PoEL-1 To Mistress Margaret Hussey 2 e mind all creation is duly respected As parts of himself — just a little (1. 1 —4) AAS; ACP; EBEV; EnLoPo; FaBoCh; GN; GoJo; HelP; HoPM; InPS; NAEL-1; NBLV; NOBE; NoP; OAEL-1;...