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‘To Saint John the Evangelist’ by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats

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December 27, 2021
Beauty, Chant Royal, Culture, Poetry, Translation
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. To Saint John the Evangelist by Eustache Deschamps (c. 1346–1406) | translated from French by Margaret Coats Young, perfect, just, in all you had to do, Fresh virile flower of virginity, O man of marvels,...

‘In Love’s Counting House’ by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465), translated by Margaret Coats

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October 5, 2021
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. In Love's Counting House by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465) One day I asked my heart to heed A claim for pay that I commended, And we in secret soon agreed That he would tell, for pains expended In risky...

‘The Praise of Age’ by Walter Kennedy (1450–1508), Translated by Margaret Coats

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May 8, 2021
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. At Matins’ hour, the middle of the night,I woke, and soon found I was not alone;A man who seemed past sixty to my sightThis sentence said, and sang it in good tone:O threefold God on the eternal throne,To...

Chant Royal on Urban Disturbances by Margaret Coats after Eustache Deschamps (c.1346–1406)

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October 25, 2020
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  Renowned but wayward Troy, vain Babylon, Harsh Nineveh, and languid Rome were felled; Long ago they exercised dominion, But since from their own lands have been expelled, Or kept small plots, where...

An Open Letter to Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, by Dusty Grein

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November 9, 2018
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Choose Wisely Calling for the next U.S. Poet Laureate to be a traditional rhyming poet A double refrained chant royal in iambic pentameter O harken to my plea, as I implore, from need, true classic...




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