Toadfish Monastery

Swatopluk earlier gave us a nice Middle High German poem.  Here's another which I wrote over 40 years ago:

Ich saz uf der toilette
Mere danne ein jar;
Papier ich da enhette, ezn was niht papier da.
Owe!  Mir ist diu hose vol,
Ich enweiz, wie ich si wischen sol.   

WYNTER wakeneth al my care,
Nou this leves waxeth bare;
Ofte I sike ant mourne sare
When hit cometh in my thoht
Of this worldes joie, hou hit goth al to noht.

Nou hit is, and nou hit nys,
Al so hit ner nere, ywys;
That moni mon seith, soth hit ys:
Al goth bote Godes wille:
Alle we shule deye, thah us like ylle.

Al that gren me graueth grene,
Nou hit faleweth albydene:
Jesu, help that hit be sene
Ant shild us from helle!
For y not whider y shal, ne hou longe her duelle.

Anonymous. c. 1300  Said to have been written in Ludlow, which is only just up the road from me.

May 10th, generally.

Thank you all for the warm welcome!  I note the gratifying number of Latin tags around the place.  I am thinking of changing my sig to:

'Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?'   

All this talk of squidlings and sucker-marks, dust-bunnies and minotaurs is interesting.  Do you have one very tame hamster until I get used to the scary stuff?   

Respectful greetings to one and all.  I am a dedicated Pastafarian and used to be active on the Venganza forum.  I shall aim to make a worthwhile contribution here.
I warn you all now that I am a linguistic history nerd.  If you have any questions about such matters DON'T ASK ME or you'll be reading for days.