“The” Poetical Works “of Geoffrey Chaucer”, Volume 6Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 312 pages |
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... Venus 260 A Goodly Ballade of Chaucer 275 A Praise of Women 278 MINOR POEMS . The Compleynte of the Dethe of Pité 285 Ballade de Vilage sauns Peynture 289 Ballade sent to King Richard 292 The Compleynte of Chaucer to his Purse 294 ...
... Venus 260 A Goodly Ballade of Chaucer 275 A Praise of Women 278 MINOR POEMS . The Compleynte of the Dethe of Pité 285 Ballade de Vilage sauns Peynture 289 Ballade sent to King Richard 292 The Compleynte of Chaucer to his Purse 294 ...
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... Venus sone , daun Cupido , Hath sowne there of love the seed , That help ne lith there noon , ne rede , So cerclith it the welle aboute . His gynnes hath he sett withoute Ryght for to cacche in his panters These damoysels and bachelers ...
... Venus sone , daun Cupido , Hath sowne there of love the seed , That help ne lith there noon , ne rede , So cerclith it the welle aboute . His gynnes hath he sett withoute Ryght for to cacche in his panters These damoysels and bachelers ...
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... Venus hir assailith soo , That nyght and day from hir she stale Bothoms and roses over alle . To Resoun thanne praieth Chastité , Whom Venus hath flemed over the see , That she hir doughter wolde hir lene , To kepe the roser fresh and ...
... Venus hir assailith soo , That nyght and day from hir she stale Bothoms and roses over alle . To Resoun thanne praieth Chastité , Whom Venus hath flemed over the see , That she hir doughter wolde hir lene , To kepe the roser fresh and ...
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... Venus the goddesse , Which ay werieth Chastité , Came of hir grace to socoure me , Whos myght is knowe ferre and wide , For she is modir of Cupide , The God of Love , blynde as stoon , That helpith lovers many oon . This lady brought in ...
... Venus the goddesse , Which ay werieth Chastité , Came of hir grace to socoure me , Whos myght is knowe ferre and wide , For she is modir of Cupide , The God of Love , blynde as stoon , That helpith lovers many oon . This lady brought in ...
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... To graunte that a kis have he . The lasse ye helpe hym that ye haste , The more tyme shul ye waste . ' Whanne the flawme of the verry bronde 3750 That Venus brought in hir right honde , Hadde Bialacoil 114 THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE .
... To graunte that a kis have he . The lasse ye helpe hym that ye haste , The more tyme shul ye waste . ' Whanne the flawme of the verry bronde 3750 That Venus brought in hir right honde , Hadde Bialacoil 114 THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE .
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Page 294 - For whiche un-to your mercy thus I crye: Beth hevy ageyn, or elles mot I dye!
Page 304 - Upon my trouth I sey yow feithfully, That ye ben of my liffe and deth the quene ; For with my deth the trouth shal be sene. Youre two eyn, &c. II. 1. So hath youre beauty fro your herte chased Pitee, that me n' availeth not to pleyn : For daunger halt your mercy in his cheyne.
Page 3 - Hard is the hert that loveth nought In May, whan al this mirth is wrought ; Whan he may on these braunches here...
Page 35 - The stoon so clere was and so bright, That also soone as it was nyght, Men myght[e] seen to go for nede A myle or two in lengthe and brede.
Page 37 - For she right there hadde in present Unto a lady maad present Of a gold broche, ful wel «/-wrought. And certys it myssatte hir nought; For thorough hir smokke wrought with silk, The flesh was seen as white as mylk.
Page 266 - So as my troubled wit may hit atteyne, I wol reherse; not for to have redresse, But to declare my ground of hevynesse.
Page 4 - Joly and gay, ful of gladnesse, Toward a ryver gan I me dresse, That I herd renne faste by ; For fairer playing non saugh I Than playen me by that ryvere, For from an hille that stood ther nere, Cam doun the...
Page 305 - Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat, 1 never thenk to ben in his prison lene. Love hath my name y-strike out of his sclat, And he is strike out of my bokes clene For ever-mo; ther is non other mene.
Page 17 - Til atte last bithought I me, That by no weye ne myght it be, That ther nas laddre or wey to passe, Or hole, into so faire a place. Tho gan I go a...
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