Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formerly Printed with His Or Attributed to Him, Volume 4G. Bell and Sons, 1892 |
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... colour , Hir semed to have lyved in langour . She was lyk thyng for hungre deed , That ladde hir lyf oonly by breed Kneden with eisel strong and egre . And therto she was lene and megre , And she was clad ful porely , Al in an old torn ...
... colour , Hir semed to have lyved in langour . She was lyk thyng for hungre deed , That ladde hir lyf oonly by breed Kneden with eisel strong and egre . And therto she was lene and megre , And she was clad ful porely , Al in an old torn ...
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... colour That she hadde lyved in langour ; Hir semede to have the jaundyce . Nought half so pale was Avarice , Nor no thyng lyke of lenesse ; For sorowe , thought , and gret distresse , That she hadde suffred day and nyght , Made hir ful ...
... colour That she hadde lyved in langour ; Hir semede to have the jaundyce . Nought half so pale was Avarice , Nor no thyng lyke of lenesse ; For sorowe , thought , and gret distresse , That she hadde suffred day and nyght , Made hir ful ...
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... colour , Hir heed for hore3 was white as flour . Ywys , great qualme ne were it noon , Ne synne , although her lyf were gon . 1 Buckhurst's description of Sorrow , in the Induction to the Mirror of Magistrates , is evidently imitated ...
... colour , Hir heed for hore3 was white as flour . Ywys , great qualme ne were it noon , Ne synne , although her lyf were gon . 1 Buckhurst's description of Sorrow , in the Induction to the Mirror of Magistrates , is evidently imitated ...
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... colour pale and deed was she . From hir the gate ay werned be Of Paradys , that blisful place ; For sich folk maketh lene her grace , As Crist seith in his Evangile , " To gete prys in toun a while ; And for a litel glorie veigne , They ...
... colour pale and deed was she . From hir the gate ay werned be Of Paradys , that blisful place ; For sich folk maketh lene her grace , As Crist seith in his Evangile , " To gete prys in toun a while ; And for a litel glorie veigne , They ...
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... coloured , With litel mouth , and rounde to see ; A clove chynne eke hadde she . Hir nekke was of good fasoun In ... colour , which , in huir an eyes , is called black . - See below , p . 315 , note 1 . Of body ful wel wrought was ...
... coloured , With litel mouth , and rounde to see ; A clove chynne eke hadde she . Hir nekke was of good fasoun In ... colour , which , in huir an eyes , is called black . - See below , p . 315 , note 1 . Of body ful wel wrought was ...
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ageyn alwey anoon ayen Bialacoil bounte briddis Chaucer chere clere colour Courts of Love daunce Daunger dede dere deth doth doun drede Edited entremete faire fele floures freend fulle fynde grace grene gret grete hath hede heere herte honde honour iwys kepe King knight lady leve Lord lover lyve makith maner means mede mote myght myn herte myne nere never noon nought original past tense peyne pite poem poet prep pres pron Provençal quoth rede richesse rose seide sene servise sette seyn shal shame shulde silf sing Sith song sore soth Speght speke swete tense pl Thanne thee ther Therfore thing third pers thou shalt thought thurgh thyng Translated trewe trouthe trowe tyme unto vols wele wene Whan Whanne wight wise withouten wolde wole word wote yeve ywis