Specimens of British Poetesses Author:Alexander Dyce General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1827 Original Publisher: T. Rodd Subjects: English poetry Women Women poets Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Social Science / Women's Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. ... more »It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ANNE ASKEWE, Born about i520, died i546. This glorious martyr, on account of the following pro- duction, is numbered among writers of poetry, by Phillips, in the Theatrum Poetarum; and by Ritson, in the Bibliographia Poetica. The Balade whych Anne Askewe made and sange whan she was in Newgate. (At the end of " The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe, latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucyda- cyon of Johan Bale." B. L.) Lyke as the armed knyght Appoynted to the fielde, With thys world wyll I fyght, And fayth shall be my shielde. Faythe is that weapon stronge Whych wyll not fayle at nede; My foes therfor amonge Therwith wyll I precede. As it is had in strengthe And force of Christes waye, It wyll prevayle at lengthe, Though all the devyls saye naye. Faythe in the fathers olde Obtayned ryghtwysnesse, Whych make me verye bolde To feare no worldes dystresse. I now rejoyce in hart, And hope byd me do so, For Christ wyll take my part, And ease me of my wo. Thu sayst, Lorde, whoso knocke, To them wylt thou attende; Undo therfor the locke. And thy stronge power sende. More enmyea now I have Than heeres upon my heed; Lete them not me deprave, But fyght thu in my steed. On the my care I cast, For all their cruell spyght, I sett not by their hast, For thu art my delyght. I am not she that lyst My anker to lete fa...« less