Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I HAVE A GENTLE COCK, by ANONYMOUS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

I HAVE A GENTLE COCK, by                    
First Line: I have a gentle [gentile] cock [cok] [cook]
Last Line: And every night he percheth him / in my [mine] lady's [ladye's] chamber [chaumber]
Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks


I have a gentle cock
Croweth me day;
He doth me risen early
My matins for to say.
I have a gentle cock
Comen he is of great;
His comb is of red coral;
His tail is of jet.
I have a gentle cock
Comen he is of kind;
His comb is of red coral;
His tail is of inde.
His legges been of azure
So gentle and so small;
His spurres are of silver white
Into the wortewale.
His eyen are of crystal
Locken all in amber;
And every night he percheth him
In my lady's chamber.







Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net