Oath Of Old Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Oath Of Old



Wits in the 1380s
swore an oath to what didn't exist.

'By cock's bones' they swore.

Plague No.1 in the 1340s
had gruesomely shortened
many a life.

If blasphemy is sacrilege
both of them were rife.

Oath Of Old
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: language,wit
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it's in The Canterbury Tales
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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