To Mistress Margery Wentworth

John SkeltonJohn Skelton

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With margerain gentle,
  The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
  Is of your maidenhead.
Plainly I cannot glose;
  Ye be, as I divine,
The pretty primrose,
  The goodly columbine.Benign, courteous, and meek,
  With wordes well devised;
In you, who list to seek,
  Be virtues well comprised.
With margerain gentle,
  The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
  Is of your maidenhead.
John Skelton
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John Skelton

1460 - 1529/EnglishJohn Skelton, also known as John Shelton, was an English poet. He figured in the popular imagination as an incorrigible practical joker. Exalted personages did not want this sarcastic wit and public gossip in their private chambers gatherin…

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