Welcome to my poetry reading of 'The Knight and the Lady' by William Cornish. Do you have a favourite poem?
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'The Knight and the Lady' by William Cornish
The knight knocked at the castle gate;
The lady marvelled who was thereat.
To call the porter he would not blin;
The lady said he should not come in.
The portress was a lady bright;
Strangeness that lady hight.
She asked him what was his name;
He said 'Desire, your man, Madame.'
She said 'Desire, what do ye here?'
He said 'Madame, as your prisoner.'
He was counselled to brief a bill,
And show my lady his own will.
'Kindness,' said she, 'would it bear,'
'And Pity,' said she, 'would be there.'
Thus how they did we cannot say;
We left them there and went our way.
(Source: https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/desire-18)