Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THREE RAVENS (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Explanation First Line: There were three ravens sat on a tree Last Line: "god send every gentleman / such hawkes, such hounds, and such a leman" Subject(s): Ravens | ||||||||
THERE were three ravens sat on a tree, They were as black as they might be. The one of them said to his make, 'Where shall we our breakfasttake?' 'Down in yonder greene field There lies a knight slain under his shield; 'His hounds they lie down at his feet, So well they can their master keep; 'His hawks they flie so eagerly, There 's no fowl dare come him nigh.' Down there comes a fallow doe As great with young as she might goe. She lift up his bloudy head And kist his wounds that were so red. She gat him up upon her back And carried him to earthen lake. She buried him before the prime, She was dead herself ere evensong time. God send every gentleman Such hounds, such hawks, and such a leman. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RAVEN HAIBUN by ANDREW SCHELLING THE RAVEN; A CHRISTMAS TALE, TOLD BY A SCHOOL-BOY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE PESSIMIST, OR THE RAVEN AND THE JACKDAW by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE RAVEN'S TOMB by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE PROFESSOR RAVEN by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS SONGS ON THE VOICES OF BIRDS; A RAVEN IN A WHITE CHINE by JEAN INGELOW HIALMAR'S HEART by CHARLES MARIE RENE LECONTE DE LISLE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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