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...l_sings_of_famous_deeds_by_J._R._Skelton_c_1910.jpg|thumb|{{bc|Old English poetry such as ''Beowulf'' was composed for performance; it is widely supposed tha A '''{{lang|ags|scop}}''' was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse ''skald'', with t

...agh in County Cavan, Ireland, was the author of {{Titles|Reliques of Irish Poetry}}, a pioneering volume of poems collected by her in the Irish language, wit ...less than two years she found herself in love with it. From reading Irish poetry and admiring its beauties, she proceeded to translate it into English, one

...lves, and with indigenous Britons. Many of the natives, over time, adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language and were assimilated. The Anglo-Saxons established the ...literature and language. Charters and law were also established. The term Anglo-Saxon is popularly used for the language that was spoken and written by the Anglo

== Poetry == ...poetry that impressed King Charles I. The cavalier poets strove to create poetry where both pleasure and virtue thrived. They were rich in reference to the

...ighter of the Western, the knight errant of the earlier European tales and poetry was wandering from place to place on his horse, fighting villains of variou ...m describes the "acid Western" as "formulating a chilling, savage frontier poetry to justify its hallucinated agenda." Ultimately, the "acid Western" express

...represented the apogee of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature. The era is most famous for its theatre, as William S ...lar culture. Elizabeth's unmarried status inspired a cult of virginity. In poetry and portraiture, she was depicted as a virgin or a goddess or both, not as

...lively interest in affairs of state, and was a noted patroness of theatre, poetry and music. She subsidised George Frideric Handel with £200 a year. She beg

...aum describes the acid Western as "formulating a chilling, savage frontier poetry to justify its hallucinated agenda"; ultimately, he says, the acid Western

...1580). Edmund Spenser uses astrology both decoratively and causally in his poetry, revealing "...unmistakably an abiding interest in the art, an interest sha

...ting on Crowley being asked to cancel his lecture to the Oxford University Poetry Society, on the subject of Gilles de Rais, has been pasted onto the front f