Pearl
Poem by Gawain Poet
Pearl is a late 14th-century Middle English poem that is considered one of the most important surviving Middle English works. Wikipedia
Author: Gawain Poet
Original language: Middle English
Date: late 14th century
First printed edition: 1864 Richard Morris
Genre: Poem, elegy, allegory and alliterative verse
Manuscript(s): Cotton MS Nero A X
Subject: Father mourning the loss of his daughter ('pearl')