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A lament

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nameslessone

nameslessone Report 11 Nov 2021 14:28

Why quote from a different poem.? I was just adding the correct source as the Dunbar one ususally comes up when searching .

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 11 Nov 2021 13:29

''Sen for the ded remeid is none
Best is that we for ded dispone
Eftir our deid that lif may we
Timor mortis conturbat me

William Dunbar 1460-152
from 'Lament for the Makers'

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 11 Nov 2021 11:16

Anon.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 11 Nov 2021 10:09

In what state that ever I be
Timor mortis conturbat me.

As I me walked one mornynge
I heard a bird both wepe and synge
This was the tenor of his talkynge
Timor mortis conturbat me.

I asked this birde what he mente
He said "I am a musket gent" (hawk)
For dred of deth I am nygh shent (nigh spent)
Timor mortis conturbat me

Jesus Christ when he shold deye
To his Farder lowde gan crye
"Fader" he seyde "In Trynyte"
Timor mortis conturbat me

Whan I shal deye I knowe no day
Therefore this songe synge I may
What contry or place I cannot seye

Timor mortis conturbat me

' fear of death disturbs me