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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Page 16
... nere , Cam doun the streme ful stif and bold , Cleer was the water , and as cold As any well is , sooth to seyn , And somedele lasse it was than Seyn , To affraie here appears to mean to agitate . The original is : — ' Que tote riens d ...
... nere , Cam doun the streme ful stif and bold , Cleer was the water , and as cold As any well is , sooth to seyn , And somedele lasse it was than Seyn , To affraie here appears to mean to agitate . The original is : — ' Que tote riens d ...
Page 70
... nere , He drowe it up , withouten were , 1 That is , I sighed sore in the act of pulling out the arrows . ' The MS . reads two , obviously a mistake of the scrivener . 3 This is the verb to neighe , to draw near . The construction is ...
... nere , He drowe it up , withouten were , 1 That is , I sighed sore in the act of pulling out the arrows . ' The MS . reads two , obviously a mistake of the scrivener . 3 This is the verb to neighe , to draw near . The construction is ...
Page 71
... nere ; And ever mo that me was woo The more desir hadde I to goo Unto the roser , where that grewe The freysshe bothum so bright of hewe . Betir me were to have leten be , But it bihoved nedes me To done right as myn herte badde . For ...
... nere ; And ever mo that me was woo The more desir hadde I to goo Unto the roser , where that grewe The freysshe bothum so bright of hewe . Betir me were to have leten be , But it bihoved nedes me To done right as myn herte badde . For ...
Page 72
... nere . For evermore gladly , as I rede , Brent child of fier hath mych drede.1 And , certis , yit for al my peyne , Though that I sigh yit arwis reyne , And grounde quarels sharpe of steelle , Ne for no payne that I myght feelle , Yit ...
... nere . For evermore gladly , as I rede , Brent child of fier hath mych drede.1 And , certis , yit for al my peyne , Though that I sigh yit arwis reyne , And grounde quarels sharpe of steelle , Ne for no payne that I myght feelle , Yit ...
Page 77
... nere . For curteis , and of faire manere , Welle taught , and fulle of gentilnesse He must ben , that shal me kysse , And also of fulle high fraunchise , That shal atteyne to that emprise . And first of o thing warne I thee , That peyne ...
... nere . For curteis , and of faire manere , Welle taught , and fulle of gentilnesse He must ben , that shal me kysse , And also of fulle high fraunchise , That shal atteyne to that emprise . And first of o thing warne I thee , That peyne ...
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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