The NUN

There also was a NUN,a Prioress,
whose way of smiling simple was and coy(свенлив скромен),
Her greatest oath( curse) was only "By St.Loy!"
And she spoke daintily( изискан) in French,extremely,
After the school of Stratford-at-the-Bow;
French in the Paris style she did not know
At meat her manners were well-taught withal( освен това)
no morsel( хапка) from her lips did she let fall
She certainly was very entertaining,
pleasant and friendly in her ways,and straining
to counterfeit(подправям преструвам се)a courtly kind of
grace
She used to weep if she but saw a mouse caught in a trap
And she had little dogs she would be feeding
with roasted flesh,or milk,or fine white bread
and bitterly she wept if one were dead

She was all sentiment and tender heart
Her nose was elegant,her eyes glass-grey
Her mouth was very small,but soft and red
She wore a coral trinket( дрънкулка) on each arm,
a set of beads,the gaudies(ярък безвкусен) tricked in green,
whence hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen(блясък
лъскавина)
on which there first was graven(гравиран) a crowned A,
And lower,Amor Vincit Omnia(Love conquers all)