“The” Poetical Works “of Geoffrey Chaucer”, Volume 6Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 312 pages |
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Page 103
... knowe fulle welle Daungere , And how he is feers of his cheere , At prime temps , Love to manace ; Ful ofte I have ben in his caas . A feloun firste though that he be , Aftir thou shalt hym souple se . Of longe passed I knewe hym welle ...
... knowe fulle welle Daungere , And how he is feers of his cheere , At prime temps , Love to manace ; Ful ofte I have ben in his caas . A feloun firste though that he be , Aftir thou shalt hym souple se . Of longe passed I knewe hym welle ...
Page 110
... knowe Daunger is daunted and brought lowe Through helpe of me and of Pyté ; You dare no more aferde be . ' ' I shal do right as ye wylle , ' Saythe Bialacoil , for it is skylle , Sythe Daunger wol that it so be . ' Than Fraunchyse hath ...
... knowe Daunger is daunted and brought lowe Through helpe of me and of Pyté ; You dare no more aferde be . ' ' I shal do right as ye wylle , ' Saythe Bialacoil , for it is skylle , Sythe Daunger wol that it so be . ' Than Fraunchyse hath ...
Page 111
... knowe the sede ; For it covert was and close Bothe with the leves and with the rose . The stalke was even and grene upright , It was theron a goodly syght ; And wel the better withoute wene , For the seede was nat i - sene . Ful fayre ...
... knowe the sede ; For it covert was and close Bothe with the leves and with the rose . The stalke was even and grene upright , It was theron a goodly syght ; And wel the better withoute wene , For the seede was nat i - sene . Ful fayre ...
Page 113
... 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 hir right honde Of brennyng fyre a blasyng bronde ; Wherof the flawme and hoote fire Hath many a ...
... 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 hir right honde Of brennyng fyre a blasyng bronde ; Wherof the flawme and hoote fire Hath many a ...
Page 142
... knowe Thou haddist nought be brought so lowe ; For if thou wistest what it were , Thou noldist serve hym half a yeer , Not a weke , nor half a day , Ne yit an hour withoute delay , Ne never ilovede paramours , His lordshippe is so fulle ...
... knowe Thou haddist nought be brought so lowe ; For if thou wistest what it were , Thou noldist serve hym half a yeer , Not a weke , nor half a day , Ne yit an hour withoute delay , Ne never ilovede paramours , His lordshippe is so fulle ...
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aftir ageyn alwey anoon Ayens beauté Bialacoil bothom briddis certeyn chere clere compleynt Curtesie Daunger dede dere deth dide doth doun drede drowe dryve entremete faire fele foly freend fulle fynde gardyne gete goth grace grene gret grete hath heere hertis honde iwys Jelousie kepe lady leve litel lovers lust lyve makith maner moche mote myche myght myn herte myne never noon nygh nyght ofte oonly peyne pité pleyne putte quyte rede Resoun richesse right nought rose roser Ryght saugh seide semede sene servise sette seyn shal shame shulde Sith socour sore sorowe soth speke swete Thanne thee ther therfore therto thilke thou maist thou shalt throgh thurgh thyn thyne thyng trewe trouthe trowe tyme unto watir wele wene whan Whanne Whanne thou who-so wight wise withouten wolde wole wolt wote yeve
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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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