Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 24Percy Society, 1847 - English literature |
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... yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours i - ronne , And smale fowles maken melodie , That slepen al the night with open yhe , So priketh hem nature in here corages : - Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmers for to ...
... yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours i - ronne , And smale fowles maken melodie , That slepen al the night with open yhe , So priketh hem nature in here corages : - Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmers for to ...
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... yonge wymmen , at his owne cost . Unto his ordre he was a noble post . Ful wel biloved , and famulier was he , With frankeleyns over al in his cuntré , And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : 217 For he hadde power of confessioun , As ...
... yonge wymmen , at his owne cost . Unto his ordre he was a noble post . Ful wel biloved , and famulier was he , With frankeleyns over al in his cuntré , And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : 217 For he hadde power of confessioun , As ...
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... yonge gurles of the diocise , And knew here counseil , and was al here red . A garland had he set upon his heed , As gret as it were for an ale - stake : 650 660 649. - harlot . Chaucer gives us here an excellent picture of the class of ...
... yonge gurles of the diocise , And knew here counseil , and was al here red . A garland had he set upon his heed , As gret as it were for an ale - stake : 650 660 649. - harlot . Chaucer gives us here an excellent picture of the class of ...
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... yonge suster Emelye . And thus with victorie and with melodye Lete I this noble duk to Athenes ryde , And al his ost , in armes him biside . And certes , if it nere to long to heere , I wolde han told yow fully the manere , How wonnen ...
... yonge suster Emelye . And thus with victorie and with melodye Lete I this noble duk to Athenes ryde , And al his ost , in armes him biside . And certes , if it nere to long to heere , I wolde han told yow fully the manere , How wonnen ...
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... yonge suster schene , and targe Unto the toun of Athenes to dwelle : And forth he ryt ; ther is no more to telle . The reede statue of Mars with spere So schyneth in his white baner large , That alle the feeldes gliteren up and doun ...
... yonge suster schene , and targe Unto the toun of Athenes to dwelle : And forth he ryt ; ther is no more to telle . The reede statue of Mars with spere So schyneth in his white baner large , That alle the feeldes gliteren up and doun ...
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