{"id":128365,"date":"2024-04-10T17:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=128365"},"modified":"2024-04-10T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T23:14:17","slug":"william-dunbar-for-easter-done-is-a-battle-on-the-dragon-black-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=128365","title":{"rendered":"William Dunbar for Easter–‘Done is a battle on the dragon black’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Done is a battle on the dragon black,<\/div>\n
Our champion Christ confoundit has his force;<\/div>\n
The yetis of hell are broken with a crack,<\/div>\n
The sign triumphal raisit is of the cross,<\/div>\n
The devillis trymmillis with hiddous voce,<\/div>\n
The saulis are borrowit and to the bliss can go,<\/div>\n
Christ with his bloud our ransonis dois indoce:<\/div>\n
Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro.<\/i><\/div>\n
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Dungan is the deidly dragon Lucifer,<\/div>\n
The cruewall serpent with the mortal stang;<\/div>\n
The auld kene tiger, with his teith on char,<\/div>\n
Whilk in a wait has lyen for us so lang,<\/div>\n
Thinking to grip us in his clawis strang;<\/div>\n
The merciful Lord wald nocht that it were so,<\/div>\n
He made him for to failye of that fang.<\/div>\n
Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro.<\/i><\/div>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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"Done is a battle on the dragon black,
Our champion Christ confoundit has his force;
The yetis of hell are broken with a crack,
The sign triumphal raisit is of the cross"
– William Dunbar (c. 1500)<\/p>\n

Art: Albrecht D\u00fcrer, "The Harrowing of Hell" (1512) pic.twitter.com\/FnneczvWUw<\/a><\/p>\n

— Matthew H. Young (@matthenryyoung) March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n