The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... joye on even or morowe ; For joye is contraire unto sorowe . Elde . ELDE was peynted after this , 290 340 345 That shorter was a foot , y - wis , 4 [ FRAGMENT A. The Romaunt of the Rose .
... joye on even or morowe ; For joye is contraire unto sorowe . Elde . ELDE was peynted after this , 290 340 345 That shorter was a foot , y - wis , 4 [ FRAGMENT A. The Romaunt of the Rose .
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... joye was , y - wis , Wel fourmed was hir face and clere , And opened had she hir colere ; For she right there hadde in present Unto a lady maad present Of a gold broche , ful wel wrought , And certes , it missat hir nought ; 1190 For ...
... joye was , y - wis , Wel fourmed was hir face and clere , And opened had she hir colere ; For she right there hadde in present Unto a lady maad present Of a gold broche , ful wel wrought , And certes , it missat hir nought ; 1190 For ...
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... joye atteyne ; 1495 Than shulde he fele in every veyne What sorowe trewe lovers maken , That been so + vilaynsly forsaken . This prayer was but resonable , Therfor god held it ferme and stable : 1500 For Narcisus , shortly to telle , By ...
... joye atteyne ; 1495 Than shulde he fele in every veyne What sorowe trewe lovers maken , That been so + vilaynsly forsaken . This prayer was but resonable , Therfor god held it ferme and stable : 1500 For Narcisus , shortly to telle , By ...
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... joye anoon therof hadde I , That I forgat my malady . To sene tit hadde I sich delyt , Of sorwe and angre I was al quit , And of my woundes that I had + thar ; For no - thing lyken me might + mar Than dwellen by the roser ay , And ...
... joye anoon therof hadde I , That I forgat my malady . To sene tit hadde I sich delyt , Of sorwe and angre I was al quit , And of my woundes that I had + thar ; For no - thing lyken me might + mar Than dwellen by the roser ay , And ...
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... joye , I trowe , that I langoure ? The deth I wolde me shulde slo Whyl I lye in hir armes two . 2590 2600 2605 2610 Myn harm is hard , withouten wene , 2595 My greet unese ful ofte I mene . But wolde Love do so I might Have fully joye ...
... joye , I trowe , that I langoure ? The deth I wolde me shulde slo Whyl I lye in hir armes two . 2590 2600 2605 2610 Myn harm is hard , withouten wene , 2595 My greet unese ful ofte I mene . But wolde Love do so I might Have fully joye ...
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Page 423 - Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte ; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do ? For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And shame it is, if a preest take keep, A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep.
Page 418 - And she was cleped madame Eglentyne. Ful wel she song the service divyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely...
Page 419 - A love-knotte in the gretter ende ther was. His heed was balled, that shoon as any glas, And eek his face, as he had been anoint.
Page 417 - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, 35 Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem...
Page 422 - To speke of phisik and of surgerye; For he was grounded in astronomye.
Page 422 - And yet he was but esy of dispence; He kepte that he wan in pestilence. For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therfore he lovede gold in special.
Page 544 - Now certes, I were worse than a feend, If I to yow wolde harm or vileinye.
Page 426 - And of manhod him lakkede right naught. Eek therto he was right a mery man, And after soper pleyen...
Page 358 - That tabouren in your eres many a soun, Right after hir imaginacioun, 355 To have your daliance, and for envye ; These been the causes, and I shall nat lye. Envye is lavender of the court alway ; For she ne parteth, neither night ne day, Out of the hons of Cesar,- thus seith Dante ; 360 Who-so that goth, algato she wol nat wante.
Page 561 - Now lat us sitte and drinke, and make us merie, And afterward we wol his body berie.