“The” Poetical Works “of Geoffrey Chaucer”, Volume 6Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 312 pages |
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... never a dele That it nys afterwarde befalle , Ryght as this dreme wol tel us alle . Now this dreme wol I ryme aryghte , To make your hertes gaye and lyghte ; For Love it prayeth , and also Commaundeth me that it be so . And yf there any ...
... never a dele That it nys afterwarde befalle , Ryght as this dreme wol tel us alle . Now this dreme wol I ryme aryghte , To make your hertes gaye and lyghte ; For Love it prayeth , and also Commaundeth me that it be so . And yf there any ...
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... wel - away ! And never saugh I er that day , The watir that so wel lykede me ; And wondir glad was I to se That lusty place , and that ryvere ; 100 110 120 And with that watir that ran so clere My face 4 THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE .
... wel - away ! And never saugh I er that day , The watir that so wel lykede me ; And wondir glad was I to se That lusty place , and that ryvere ; 100 110 120 And with that watir that ran so clere My face 4 THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE .
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... never lough , Nor never wel in hir herte farede But if she outher saugh or herede Som gret myschaunce , or gret disese . No thyng may so moch hir plese As myschef and mysaventure ; Or whan she seeth discomfiture Upon ony worthy man ...
... never lough , Nor never wel in hir herte farede But if she outher saugh or herede Som gret myschaunce , or gret disese . No thyng may so moch hir plese As myschef and mysaventure ; Or whan she seeth discomfiture Upon ony worthy man ...
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... never wight yit half so wo As that hir semede for to be , Nor so fulfilled of ire as she . I trowe that no wight myght hir please Nor do that thyng that myght hir ease , Nor she ne wolde hir sorowe slake , Nor comfort noon unto hir take ...
... never wight yit half so wo As that hir semede for to be , Nor so fulfilled of ire as she . I trowe that no wight myght hir please Nor do that thyng that myght hir ease , Nor she ne wolde hir sorowe slake , Nor comfort noon unto hir take ...
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... never , But goth so fast , and passeth aye , That there nys man that thynke may What tyme that nowe present is ... never retourne , As watir that doun renneth ay , But never drope retourne may ; Ther may no thing as tyme endure , Metalle ...
... never , But goth so fast , and passeth aye , That there nys man that thynke may What tyme that nowe present is ... never retourne , As watir that doun renneth ay , But never drope retourne may ; Ther may no thing as tyme endure , Metalle ...
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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...
Page 169 - Frendshipp is more than is catelle. For freend in court ay better is Than peny in purs, certis...