Geoffrey Chaucer's the Prologue to the Book of the Tales of Canterbury: The Knight's Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale |
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... Allas that day that I was born ! Now is my prisoun worse than biforn ; Now is me shape eternally to dwelle Nought in purgatorie , but in helle . Allas that ever knew I Perotheus ! 1205 1210 1215 1220 1225 For elles hadde I dwelled with ...
... Allas that day that I was born ! Now is my prisoun worse than biforn ; Now is me shape eternally to dwelle Nought in purgatorie , but in helle . Allas that ever knew I Perotheus ! 1205 1210 1215 1220 1225 For elles hadde I dwelled with ...
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... in wanhope and distresse ; Farwel my lyf , my lust and my gladnesse . Allas , why pleynen folk so in commune Of purveyaunce of God or of fortune , 1230 1235 1240 1245 1250 That yeveth hem ful ofte in many a gise Wel THE KNIGHT'S TALE 51.
... in wanhope and distresse ; Farwel my lyf , my lust and my gladnesse . Allas , why pleynen folk so in commune Of purveyaunce of God or of fortune , 1230 1235 1240 1245 1250 That yeveth hem ful ofte in many a gise Wel THE KNIGHT'S TALE 51.
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... Allas ! ' quod he , Arcita , cosin myn , 6 Of al our stryf , God woot , the fruyt is thyn . Thow walkest now in Thebes at thy large , ° And of my wo thou yevest litel charge . 1280 Thou mayst , sin thou hast wisdom and manhede , 1285 ...
... Allas ! ' quod he , Arcita , cosin myn , 6 Of al our stryf , God woot , the fruyt is thyn . Thow walkest now in Thebes at thy large , ° And of my wo thou yevest litel charge . 1280 Thou mayst , sin thou hast wisdom and manhede , 1285 ...
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... world gret pine is . Allas , I se a serpent or a theef , 1325 That many a trewe man hath doon mescheef , Goon at his large , and wher him list may turne ; But I moot been in prison thurgh Saturne , And 54 THE KNIGHT'S TALE.
... world gret pine is . Allas , I se a serpent or a theef , 1325 That many a trewe man hath doon mescheef , Goon at his large , and wher him list may turne ; But I moot been in prison thurgh Saturne , And 54 THE KNIGHT'S TALE.
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... Allas , ' For seen his lady shal he neveremo . And shortly to concluden al his wo , So muche sorwe hadde never creature That is , or shal , whyl that the world may dure . His sleep , his mete , his drinke is him biraft , That lene he ...
... Allas , ' For seen his lady shal he neveremo . And shortly to concluden al his wo , So muche sorwe hadde never creature That is , or shal , whyl that the world may dure . His sleep , his mete , his drinke is him biraft , That lene he ...
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Page 264 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths; all these have vanished; They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names...
Page 137 - Or elles, if free choys be graunted me To do that same thing, or do it noght, Though god forwoot it, er that it was wroght ; Or if his witing streyneth nevere a del But by necessitee condicionel.
Page 11 - Or with a bretherhed to been withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat miscarie ; He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful man nat despitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne, But in his teching discreet and benigne.
Page 3 - Souninge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
Page 2 - For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye.
Page 20 - In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle. But now is tyme to yow for to telle How that we baren us that ilke night, Whan we were in that hostelrye alight. And after wol I telle of our viage, And al the remenaunt of our pilgrimage.
Page 125 - Seyde he nat thus, ne do no fors of dremes? Now, sire," quod she, "whan we flee fro the bemes, For Goddes love, as...