The Poetical Works of Geoffrey ChaucerG. Richards, 1903 |
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... ofte that ilke cloth ; And if it were forwered , she Wolde have ful greet necessitee Of clothing , er she boughte hir newe , Al were it bad of wolle and hewe . This Avarice held in hir hande A purs , that heng doun by a bande ; And that ...
... ofte that ilke cloth ; And if it were forwered , she Wolde have ful greet necessitee Of clothing , er she boughte hir newe , Al were it bad of wolle and hewe . This Avarice held in hir hande A purs , that heng doun by a bande ; And that ...
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... ofte tyme , him to solace , Sir Mirthe cometh into this place , And eek with him cometh his meynee , That liven in lust and jolitee . And now is Mirthe therin , to here The briddes , how they singen clere , The mavis and the nightingale ...
... ofte tyme , him to solace , Sir Mirthe cometh into this place , And eek with him cometh his meynee , That liven in lust and jolitee . And now is Mirthe therin , to here The briddes , how they singen clere , The mavis and the nightingale ...
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... ofte Upon a finger faire and softe , That they ne fayled never - mo . Ful fetis damiselles two , Right yonge , and fulle of semlihede , In kirtles , and non other wede , And faire tressed every tresse , Had Mirthe doon , for his ...
... ofte Upon a finger faire and softe , That they ne fayled never - mo . Ful fetis damiselles two , Right yonge , and fulle of semlihede , In kirtles , and non other wede , And faire tressed every tresse , Had Mirthe doon , for his ...
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... ofte sythe The shap , the bodies , and the cheres , The countenaunce and the maneres Of alle the folk that daunced there , And I shal telle what they were . MIRTHE Ful fair was Mirthe , ful long and high ; A fairer man I never sigh . As ...
... ofte sythe The shap , the bodies , and the cheres , The countenaunce and the maneres Of alle the folk that daunced there , And I shal telle what they were . MIRTHE Ful fair was Mirthe , ful long and high ; A fairer man I never sigh . As ...
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... al such cold me hente , That , under clothes warme and softe , Sith that day I have chevered ofte . Whan I was hurt thus in that stounde , I fel doun plat unto the grounde . Myn herte failed and feynted ay , And long tyme 49 E Fragment B.
... al such cold me hente , That , under clothes warme and softe , Sith that day I have chevered ofte . Whan I was hurt thus in that stounde , I fel doun plat unto the grounde . Myn herte failed and feynted ay , And long tyme 49 E Fragment B.
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Page 297 - But-if he can, by som collusioun, Don his neighbour wrong or oppressioun. What causeth this, but wilful wrecchednesse, That al is lost, for lak of stedfastnesse...
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Page 292 - So greet beaute, that no man may atteyne To mercy, though he sterve for the peyne. So hath your beaute fro your herte chaced Pitee, that me ne availeth not to pleyne ; For Daunger kait your mercy in his cheyne.
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