The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Remaunt of the rose. The minor poemsH. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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... Doon maydens , children , and eek gromes Hir heritage to forgo . Ful croked were hir hondes two ; For Coveityse is ever wood To grypen other folkes good . Coveityse , for hir winning , Ful leef hath other mennes thing . AVARICE Another ...
... Doon maydens , children , and eek gromes Hir heritage to forgo . Ful croked were hir hondes two ; For Coveityse is ever wood To grypen other folkes good . Coveityse , for hir winning , Ful leef hath other mennes thing . AVARICE Another ...
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... doon hir harm . These olde folk have alwey colde , Hir kind is swiche , whan they ben olde . POPE - HOLY Another thing was doon ther write , That semede lyk an ipocrite , And it was cleped POPE - HOLY . That ilke is she that prively Ne ...
... doon hir harm . These olde folk have alwey colde , Hir kind is swiche , whan they ben olde . POPE - HOLY Another thing was doon ther write , That semede lyk an ipocrite , And it was cleped POPE - HOLY . That ilke is she that prively Ne ...
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... doon al hir journee ; For mery and wel bigoon was she . She ladde a lusty lyf in May , She hadde no thought , by night ne day , Of no - thing , but it were oonly To graythe hir wel and uncouthly . Whan that this dore hadde opened me ...
... doon al hir journee ; For mery and wel bigoon was she . She ladde a lusty lyf in May , She hadde no thought , by night ne day , Of no - thing , but it were oonly To graythe hir wel and uncouthly . Whan that this dore hadde opened me ...
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... that I you devyse ; They songe hir song as faire and wel As angels doon espirituel . And , trusteth wel , whan I hem herde , Full lustily and wel I ferde ; For never yit swich melodye Was herd of man that 20 THE POETICAL WORKS.
... that I you devyse ; They songe hir song as faire and wel As angels doon espirituel . And , trusteth wel , whan I hem herde , Full lustily and wel I ferde ; For never yit swich melodye Was herd of man that 20 THE POETICAL WORKS.
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... doon , for his noblesse , Amidde the carole for to daunce ; But her - of lyth no remembraunce , How that they daunced queyntely . That oon wolde come al prively Agayn that other and whan they were Togidre almost , they threwe y - fere ...
... doon , for his noblesse , Amidde the carole for to daunce ; But her - of lyth no remembraunce , How that they daunced queyntely . That oon wolde come al prively Agayn that other and whan they were Togidre almost , they threwe y - fere ...
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ageyn Allas alwey anoon Arcite arowe beautè Bialacoil botoun But-if certes chere chese comun coude daunce Daunger dede delyt dere desyre deth dide doon doth doun drede drow dryve entremete erthe fair fals fele freend fresshe ful wel gete goon goth grace greet grene gret grete hath hede honde joye kepe lady leve litel lyked maketh maner mede mercy moche myn herte nere never no-thing noon nought ofte peyne pitee plesaunce pleyne quene rede Resoun richesse roser seide servyse seyde seye seyn shal shewe shul shulde shyne simplesse Sith slepe socour sone sore sorowe sorwe sothe speke swete swich thanne thee ther therfore therto thilke thing thogh Thou shalt thought thurgh trewe trouthe trowe tyme unto whan wher who-so whyl whyle wight withouten wolde wolt wyde wyse y-wis yeve
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Page 248 - 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.
Page 253 - Trouthe is put doun, resoun is holden fable ; Vertu hath now no dominacioun, Pitee exyled, no man is merciable. Through covetyse is blent discrecioun ; The world hath mad a permutacioun Fro right to wrong, fro trouthe to fikelnesse, That al is lost, for lak of stedfastnesse.
Page 247 - ... your word wol helen hastily My hertes wounde, whyl that hit is grene, Your yen two wol slee me sodenly, I may the beaute of hem not sustene. Upon my trouthe I sey yow feithfully, That ye ben of my lyf and deeth the quene ; For with my deeth the trouthe shal be sene. Your...
Page 204 - So sore y-wis, that whan I on him thinke, Nat wot I wel wher that I wake or winke.
Page 253 - 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 249 - That at a revel whan that I see you daunce, It is an oynement unto my wounde, Thogh ye to me ne do no daliaunce. For...
Page 249 - Thogh ye to me ne do no daliaunce." Nas never pyk walwed in galauntyne As I in love am walwed and ywounde, For which ful ofte I of myself devyne That I am trewe Tristam the secounde.
Page 248 - So greet beaute, that no man may atteyne To mercy, though he sterve for the peyne. So hath your beaut'e fro your herte chaced Pitee, that me ne availeth not to pleyne ; 25 For Daunger halt your mercy in his cheyne.
Page 204 - 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 223 - Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast this wintres weders over-shake, And driven awey the longe nightes blake...