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Poetry in Translation: English

A selection of modernisations and translations from old English. Includes poetry from Chaucer and Donne as well as new versions of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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Poetry in Translation
a woman standing next to a man in a cave
The Once And Future King
King Arthur Legend
Once And Future King
Evil Fairy
Roi Arthur
Sculpture Textile
Knights Of The Round Table
Edmund Dulac
Arthurian Legend
Author Anonymous (c.1390) - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
‘None has such high haughtiness that she cannot make full tame’ - Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939), The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table (p360, 1917) [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
‘Sometimes with dragons he wars’ - Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939), The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table (p360, 1917) [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Arthur Rackham, King Arthur, Armors, A Dragon, Round Table, Tolkien
Arthur Rackham
King Arthur
Armors
A Dragon
Round Table
Tolkien
Author Anonymous (c.1390) - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
‘Sometimes with dragons he wars’ - Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939), The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table (p360, 1917) [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
a painting of a woman in red sitting on a chair next to another woman with her head down
Brutus Julius Caesar
Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Gawain And The Green Knight
Edwin Austin Abbey
Sir Gawain
Yale University Art Gallery
The Green Knight
Mark Antony
The Spectre
Kline, A. S. (b.1947) - The Compound Ghost: On poetic translation
‘Julius Caesar: Within the Tent of Brutus: Enter the Ghost of Caesar, (Act IV, SceneIII)’ - Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852–1911 [source: The Yale University Art Gallery]. From: Kline A. S., The Compound Ghost
an old painting of a woman wearing pearls
Pond Walkway
Elizabeth Tudor
Elizabethan Fashion
Decoupage Paper Printable
Historical Portraits
Elizabethan Era
Noble Lady
Decoupage Papers
Tudor History
Kline, A. S. (b.1947) - Storming Heaven: Introduction
‘Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England’ - Anonymous, 1550 - 1599 [source: The Rijksmuseum]. From: Kline A. S., Storming Heaven
'Fair Emily Gathering Flowers' - Mary Eliza Haweis (English, 1848-1898) [source: The British Library]. From: Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales: II; The Knight's Tale Chaucer Canterbury Tales, Knights Tale, The Canterbury Tales, Canterbury Tales, Green Knight, Golden Key
Chaucer Canterbury Tales
Knights Tale
The Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales
Green Knight
Golden Key
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1343–1400) - The Canterbury Tales: II; The Knight's Tale
'Fair Emily Gathering Flowers' - Mary Eliza Haweis (English, 1848-1898) [source: The British Library]. From: Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales: II; The Knight's Tale
an old fashion photo of a woman wearing a dress with flowers on her head and shoulders
Troilus And Cressida
Archive Books
Mind Palace
Character Board
Book Images
William Shakespeare
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1343–1400) - Troilus and Criseyde: Book I modernised.
‘Cressida’ - The Stratford gallery (p233, 1859) - Palmer, Henrietta Lee, b. 1834 [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Chaucer, Geoffrey - Troilus and Cressida: Book I