Fragile is my flower – Jenny Chan
The petals of my flower are fragile
The stem breaks all to easily
And the leaves droop forlornly
At the sound of a few unkind words.
Please do not crush my flower under foot;
the blossom took so long to cultivate
Please do not crush the life therein.
Don’t trample on my emotions.
© Jenny Chan 1971
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All under the leaves – traditional English carol (Puer Natus)
All under the leaves, the leaves of life
I met with virgins seven,
And one of them was Mary mild
our Lord’s mother from heaven
O what are you seeking, you seven fair maids
All under the leaves of life?
Come tell, come tell me what seek you
All under the leaves of life
We’re seeking for no leaves, Thomas,
but for a friend of thine
We’re seeking for sweet Jesus Christ,
to be our friend and thine.
Go you down, go you down, to yonder town,
and sit in the gallery
And there you’ll find sweet Jesus Christ,
nailed to a big yew tree
So down they went to yonder town
as fast as feet could fall
And many a grievous bitter tear
from the virgins’ eyes did fall
O peace, Mother, O peace, Mother
your weeping doth me grieve
O I must suffer this, he said,
for Adam and for Eve
O how can I my weeping leave,
or my sorrows undergo
whilst I do see my own son die,
when sons I have no more
Dear Mother, Dear Mother, you must take John,
all for to be your son
And he will comfort you some times
Mother as I have done
O come thou, John, Evangelist,
thou’rt welcome unto me,
But more welcome my own dear son,
that I nursed upon my knee
Then he laid his head on his right shoulder
seeing death it struck him nigh
The Holy Ghost be with your soul,
I die, dear mother, I die
Then he laid his head on his right shoulder
seeing death it struck him nigh
The Holy Ghost be with your soul,
I die, dear mother, I die
O the rose, the rose, the gentle rose,
and the fennel that grows so green
God give us grace in every place
to pray for king and queen
Furthermore for our enemies all,
our prayers they should be strong,
Amen Good Lord! your Charitie
is the ending of my song
Amen
Traditional English carol
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Emperors of the Island – Danny Abse
There is a story of a deserted Island
Where five men walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that three men would two men slay
Three men dug two graves in the sand
Three men stood on the sea wet rock
Three shadows moved away.
There is a story of a deserted Island
Where three men walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that two men would one men slay
Two men dug one grave in the sand
Two men stood on the sea wet rock
Two shadows moved away.
There is a story of a deserted Island
Where two men walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that one men would one men slay
One men dug one grave in the sand
One men stood on the sea wet rock
One shadow moved away.
There is a story of a deserted Island
Where one man walked down to the shore
The story of the Island is
that four ghosts would one men slay
Five ghosts dug one grave in the sand
No men stood on the sea wet rock
No shadows moved away.
© Danny Abse 1957
See also The Poetry Station where Danny Abse recites a different version of this poem. © The English and Media Centre
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