Now That's Poetry

[mishalak]

"Down the primrose path I post, straight to Satan's grotto.
Shunning virtue, doing most things I ought not to.
Little hope of heaven I boast, charmed by pleasures auto.
Since the soul is bound to roast, 'save the skin's' my motto."

This is supposedly the translation of the first verse of a song written by the City Poet of Cologne in the 14th Century.

Comments

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

That's good, surprisingly modern-sounding. Any more verses?

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I've never seen any more. I heard this verse on a program called "The Western Tradition" with UCLA Prof. Eugene Webber. It is a PBS college lecture program.