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... The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer - Page 358by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 881 pagesFull view - About this book
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 384 pages
...imaginatioun, To have your daliaunce, and for envie, These ben the causes, and I shall nat lie, Envie is lavender of the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day, Out of the house of Caesar, thus saith Dant, Who so that goeth algate she wol nat want. " And eke peraunter for... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1831 - 366 pages
...harlot.] Envy. Chaucer alludes to this in the Prologue to the Legende of Good Women. Envie is lavender to the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Cesar ; thus saith Dant. j) Each fan o' th' wood.] Hence perhaps Milton: Leaves and fuming... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1844 - 606 pages
...Envy. Chaucer alludes to this, in the Prologue to the Legende of Good Women : Envie is lavender to the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Cesar : thus saith Dant. It rises to a sapling, growing thenee A savage plant. The Harpies,... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1845 - 340 pages
...imaginatioun, To have your daliaunce, and for en vie, These ben the causes, and I shall nat lie, Envie is lavender of the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne dacj , Oat of the house of Cesar, thus 6a\X\x T)s»V, Who so that goeth algate she wol nat want. "... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1846 - 374 pages
...imaginatioun, To have your daliaunce, and for envie, These ben the causes, and I shall nat lie, Envie is lavender of the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day, Out of the house of Cesar, thus saith Dant, Who so that goeth algate she wol nat want. " And eke peraunter for... | |
| Electronic journals - 1901 - 578 pages
...in Dante's mind î Chaucer has had many followers in his suggestion of Envy— Envie is lavender to the Court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Cesar : thus saith L)ant— but I venture to dissent from this view. The groundwork of it... | |
| Questions and answers - 1901 - 688 pages
...in Dante's mind ? Chaucer has had many followers in his suggestion of Envy— Envie is lavender to the Court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Cesar : thus saith Dant— but I venture to dissent from this view. The groundwork of it is,... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1854 - 272 pages
...means the Court of Rcme under the name of envy. Mr. Cary again quotes Chaucer very happily : ' ' Envie is lavender of the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Csesar, thus saith Dant." I swear by the new roots of this my thorn That ever my allegiance... | |
| William Bodham Donne - 1872 - 224 pages
...private life and conversation. " Envie," says Chaucer, in his ' Legende of Good 'Women/ " Is lavender to the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Caesar ; " and the envy of one generation becomes with the credulous the fact of another.... | |
| William Bodham Donne - 1872 - 224 pages
...private life and conversation. " Envie," says Chaucer, in his ' Legende of Good Women,' " Is lavender to the court alway, For she ne parteth neither night ne day Out of the house of Csesar ; " and the envy of one generation becomes with the credulous the fact of another.... | |
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