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The work has been described by Laura Saetveit Miles, a University of Bergen Professor of medieval literature, as "one of the most admired fifteenth-century Middle English lyrics [which] offers, within a deceptively simple form, an extremely delicate and haunting presentation of Mary (the 'mayden / þat is makeles') and her conception of Christ ('here sone')". [1]
Madonna and Child in a 14th century wall painting, Oxfordshire. "Lullay, mine liking" is a Middle English lyric poem or carol of the 15th century which frames a narrative describing an encounter of the Nativity with a song sung by the Virgin Mary to the infant Christ. [1]
It narrates the life and miracles of the Immortal Maiden, a deity that was widely venerated in Zhangye and elsewhere in the Gansu Corridor. The first 6 chapters are about her mortal life and how she achieved her divine status by her active piety, her persistent meditation, and her spectacular death during a flood.
20. Happiness being a dessert so sweet, May life give you more than you can ever eat. 21. My seven blessings on you. 22. May you live long, Die happy,
The story begins [2] with a song which serves as prologue; and then prose takes up the narrative. It recounts the tale of Aucassin, son of Count Garin of Beaucaire, who so loved Nicolette, a Saracen maiden, who had been sold to the Viscount of Beaucaire, baptized and adopted by him, that he had forsaken knighthood and chivalry and even refused to defend his father's territories from enemies.
This quote by Connie Britton is a good example: “He shaped me into who I am. Dads can be so powerful and generous that way.” Whether he was a girl dad , boy dad , or both—we're sure he was ...
16. Mom, your hugs were a haven, and your advice, pearls of wisdom. Happy Mother's Day in Heaven to the guardian angel I miss dearly. 17. Dear Mom, if I had a flower for every time I thought of ...
"The Riddle Song" descends from a 15th-century English song in which a maiden says she is advised to unite with her lover. [4] It is related to Child Ballad no. 1, or "Riddles Wisely Expounded" [5] and Child Ballad no. 46, "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" [6] [7] It is no. 330 in the Roud Folk Song Index.