Confessio Amantis, Volume 1The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem. |
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Page 69
... hevene or straght to helle . In hevene is pes and al acord , Bot helle is ful of such descord That ther may be no loveday . Forthi good is , whil a man may , Echon to sette pes with other And loven as his oghne brother ; So may he winne ...
... hevene or straght to helle . In hevene is pes and al acord , Bot helle is ful of such descord That ther may be no loveday . Forthi good is , whil a man may , Echon to sette pes with other And loven as his oghne brother ; So may he winne ...
Page 138
... hevene ; The leves weren faire and large , Of fruit it bar so ripe a charge , That alle men it myhte fede : He sih also the bowes spriede Above al erthe , in whiche were The kinde of alle briddes there ; And ek him thoghte he syh also ...
... hevene ; The leves weren faire and large , Of fruit it bar so ripe a charge , That alle men it myhte fede : He sih also the bowes spriede Above al erthe , in whiche were The kinde of alle briddes there ; And ek him thoghte he syh also ...
Page 153
... hevene Him liste to fulfille 5 Of alle joie , where as He 10 Sit inthronized in His see , And hath Hise angles Him to serve , Suche as Him liketh to preserve , So that thei mowe noght forsueie : Bot Lucifer He putte aweie , With al the ...
... hevene Him liste to fulfille 5 Of alle joie , where as He 10 Sit inthronized in His see , And hath Hise angles Him to serve , Suche as Him liketh to preserve , So that thei mowe noght forsueie : Bot Lucifer He putte aweie , With al the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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