Read full poem →‘Lie down, lie down, young yeoman;
What use to rise and rise?
Dictionary Entry
An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a Yeoman of the Guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warde
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service yeomanfarmers yeoman. yeomanfarmer yeomanclass yeomanstock yeomanyeoman englishyeoman done
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Poetry examples for “yeoman”
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Read full poem →‘Lie down, lie down, young yeoman;
The sun moves always west;
Read full poem →‘Lie down, lie down, young yeoman;
What use to rise and rise?
Read full poem →‘Lie down, lie down, young yeoman’
The sun moves always west;
Read full poem →At yonder heaving hill would stare:
The blood that warms an English yeoman,
The thoughts that hurt him, they were there.
Read full poem →southern coast, under the protection of the American
fleet. Yeoman Lacey of the Gloucester hauled down the
Spanish flag and replaced it with the Stars and Stripes.
Read full poem →The Second Nun’s Tale
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
The Manciple’s Tale
Read full poem →# 25 - The Canons Yeoman’s Tale - 00:37:28
Read by: Joshua Young
Read full poem →The Second Nun’s Tale
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
The Manciple’s Tale