The Poetical Works of Geoffrey ChaucerG. Richards, 1903 |
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... pleyne , That nede him muste his lyf forgo . For a fair lady , hight Echo , Him loved over any creature , And gan for him swich peyne endure , That on a tyme she him tolde , That , if he hir loven nolde , That hir behoved nedes dye ...
... pleyne , That nede him muste his lyf forgo . For a fair lady , hight Echo , Him loved over any creature , And gan for him swich peyne endure , That on a tyme she him tolde , That , if he hir loven nolde , That hir behoved nedes dye ...
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... pleyne , now can he grone , Now can he singen , now maken mone . To - day he pleyneth for hevinesse , To - morowe he pleyeth for jolynesse The lyf of love is ful contrarie , Which stoundemele can ofte varie . But if thou canst som ...
... pleyne , now can he grone , Now can he singen , now maken mone . To - day he pleyneth for hevinesse , To - morowe he pleyeth for jolynesse The lyf of love is ful contrarie , Which stoundemele can ofte varie . But if thou canst som ...
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... pleyne . Thus Jelousye hath enviroun Set aboute his garnisoun With walles rounde , and diche depe , Only the roser for to kepe . And Daunger eek , erly and late The keyes kepte of the utter gate , The which openeth toward the eest . And ...
... pleyne . Thus Jelousye hath enviroun Set aboute his garnisoun With walles rounde , and diche depe , Only the roser for to kepe . And Daunger eek , erly and late The keyes kepte of the utter gate , The which openeth toward the eest . And ...
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... pleyne , but concele ; But - if it be any fool or nyce , In whom that shame hath no justyce . For to delyt echon they drawe , That haunte this werk , bothe high and lawe , Save sich that aren worth right nought , That for money wol be ...
... pleyne , but concele ; But - if it be any fool or nyce , In whom that shame hath no justyce . For to delyt echon they drawe , That haunte this werk , bothe high and lawe , Save sich that aren worth right nought , That for money wol be ...
Page 168
... pleyne ; For I wot where to pleyne wel . Thou shalt not streyne me a del , Ne enforce me , ne yit me trouble , To make my confessioun double . Ne I have none affeccioun To have double absolucioun . The firste is right y - nough to me ...
... pleyne ; For I wot where to pleyne wel . Thou shalt not streyne me a del , Ne enforce me , ne yit me trouble , To make my confessioun double . Ne I have none affeccioun To have double absolucioun . The firste is right y - nough to me ...
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ageyn Allas alwey anoon Arcite Beautee Bialacoil But-if certes certeyn chere chese compleynt comune coude daunce Daunger dede deeth delyt dere deth dide doon doth doun drede dryve entremete eyen fair fals fele feyne foules freend ful wel goon goth greet grene gret grete hath hede herde honde hoolly joye kepe lady leve litel loke lyve maketh maner mercy moche myn herte never no-thing nolde noon nought ofte peyne pite plesaunce pleyne quene quod rede richesse seide servyse seyde seye seyn Seynt shal shulde Sith slepe socour sone sore sorowe sorwe sothe speke swete swich thanne thee ther therfor therto thilke thing thoght thou shalt thought thurgh thyn trewe trouthe trowe tyme unto whan wher who-so whyl whyle whyt wight withouten wolde wolt wyde wyse y-wis yeve
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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...
Page 297 - Son tyme this world was so stedfast and stable, That mannes word was obligacioun, And now hit is so fals and deceivable, That word and deed, as in conclusioun, Ben no-thing lyk, for turned up so doun Is al this world for mede and wilfulnesse, That al is lost for lak of stedfastnesse.
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.
Page 248 - For out of olde feldes, as men seith, Cometh al this newe corn fro yeer to yere ; And out of olde bokes, in good feith, Cometh al this newe science that men lere.
Page 306 - For whiche un-to your mercy thus I crye : Beth hevy ageyn, or elles mot I dye ! Now voucheth sauf this day, or...
Page 300 - But al shal passe that men prose or ryme ; Take every man his turn, as for his tyme. Envoy. Scogan, that knelest at the stremes heed Of grace, of alle honour and worthinesse, In thende of which streme...
Page 293 - Thogh ye to me ne do no daliaunce. Nas never pyk walwed in galauntyne As I in love am walwed and y-wounde; For which full ofte I of my-self divyne That I am trewe Tristam the secounde.
Page 248 - The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Th'assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne: Al this mene I by Love, that my...
Page 294 - Werk wel thy-self, that other folk canst rede; And trouthe shal delivere, hit is no drede. Tempest thee noght al croked to redresse, In trust of hir that turneth as a bal : Gret reste stant...
Page 292 - Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, I never thenk to ben in his prison lene; Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene. He may answere, and seye this or that; 30 I do no fors, I speke right as I mene.