Golden Slumbers
Golden Slumbers Thomas Dekker (1598-1632) Overview This is getting easier. Believe it or not, this is a lullaby designed to send a little baby off to the land of nod. It is about one person (mother or father) dealing with all the worries of another so they can be truly relaxed and serene. Context Unfortunately, […]
No Crookèd Leg, No Blearèd Eye
No Crookèd Leg, No Blearèd Eye Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Overview This is a little, bitchy rant about how suspicion can corrupt and ruin a good person. To understand it you really need to understand when and why it was written. Queen Lizzy No crookèd leg, no blearèd eye, No part deformèd out of kind, […]