An Oxford Anthology of English PoetryHoward Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
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Page 63
... youth that I thought sweet , As time requires for my behove , Methinks they are not meet . My lusts they do me leave , My fancies all be fled , And tract of time begins to weave Grey hairs upon my head . For age with stealing steps Hath ...
... youth that I thought sweet , As time requires for my behove , Methinks they are not meet . My lusts they do me leave , My fancies all be fled , And tract of time begins to weave Grey hairs upon my head . For age with stealing steps Hath ...
Page 89
... youth , my plaints reveal . Here I unclasp the book of my charged soul , Where I have cast the accounts of all my care ; Here have I summed my sighs , here I enroll How they were spent for thee . Look what they are ; Look on the dear ...
... youth , my plaints reveal . Here I unclasp the book of my charged soul , Where I have cast the accounts of all my care ; Here have I summed my sighs , here I enroll How they were spent for thee . Look what they are ; Look on the dear ...
Page 93
... youth first erred ; There where I lost the flower which hon- our keeps ; There where the worser thrives , the better weeps . Ah me , poor wench , on this unhappy shelf I grounded me and cast away myself . There whereas frail and tender ...
... youth first erred ; There where I lost the flower which hon- our keeps ; There where the worser thrives , the better weeps . Ah me , poor wench , on this unhappy shelf I grounded me and cast away myself . There whereas frail and tender ...
Contents
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The Prologue of the Pardoners Tale | 29 |
The Prioresss Prologue | 38 |
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