The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... whan that I hadde herd , I trowe , These briddes singing on a rowe , As angels doon espirituel . Than mighte I not withholde me And , trusteth wel , whan I hem herde , That I ne wente in for to see Full lustily and wel I ferde ; For ...
... whan that I hadde herd , I trowe , These briddes singing on a rowe , As angels doon espirituel . Than mighte I not withholde me And , trusteth wel , whan I hem herde , That I ne wente in for to see Full lustily and wel I ferde ; For ...
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... Whan that him nedeth go no nere . And so befil , I rested me Besyde a welle , under a tree , Which tree in Fraunce men call a pyn . But , sith the tyme of king Pepyn , Ne grew ther tree in mannes sighte So fair , ne so wel woxe in ...
... Whan that him nedeth go no nere . And so befil , I rested me Besyde a welle , under a tree , Which tree in Fraunce men call a pyn . But , sith the tyme of king Pepyn , Ne grew ther tree in mannes sighte So fair , ne so wel woxe in ...
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... Whan it is told , withouten fayle . For whan the sonne , cleer in sighte , Cast in that welle his bemes brighte , And that the heet descended is , Than taketh the cristal stoon , y - wis , Agayn the sonne an hundred hewes , Blewe ...
... Whan it is told , withouten fayle . For whan the sonne , cleer in sighte , Cast in that welle his bemes brighte , And that the heet descended is , Than taketh the cristal stoon , y - wis , Agayn the sonne an hundred hewes , Blewe ...
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... whan I was not fer therfro , The savour of the roses swote 1660 Me smoot right to the herte rote , As I hadde al embawmed + be . Whan I avyse it in my wit . For it so wel was enlumyned With colour reed , as wel [ y ] -fyned As nature ...
... whan I was not fer therfro , The savour of the roses swote 1660 Me smoot right to the herte rote , As I hadde al embawmed + be . Whan I avyse it in my wit . For it so wel was enlumyned With colour reed , as wel [ y ] -fyned As nature ...
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... whan that Love gan nyghe me nere , He drow it up , withouten were , 1776 And shet at me with al his might , So that this arowe anon - right Thourghout [ myn ] eigh , as it was founde , Into myn herte hath maad a wounde . Thanne I anoon ...
... whan that Love gan nyghe me nere , He drow it up , withouten were , 1776 And shet at me with al his might , So that this arowe anon - right Thourghout [ myn ] eigh , as it was founde , Into myn herte hath maad a wounde . Thanne I anoon ...
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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.