I syng of a mayden

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"I Syng Of A Mayden" was written in 1450 by an anonymous poet. Written in Middle English, the poem celebrates the Immaculate Conception. It is written in first person point of view, and contains five quatrains.

[edit] The Poem

I syng of a mayden

That is makeles;

Kyng of alle Kynges

To her Son she ches.

He cam al so stylle

There his moder was

As dew in Aprylle

That fallyt on the gras;

He cam al so stylle

To his moderes bowr

As dew in Aprylle

That fallyt on the flour;

He cam al so stylle

There his moder lay

As dew in Aprylle

That fallyt on the spray;

Moder and mayden

Was never non but she;

Wel may swych a lady

Godes moder be.

[edit] External links

• Hear the poem in a musical arrangement by Kate Garvican at Brill Songs