The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Remaunt of the rose. The minor poemsH. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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... forget In which that winter hadde it set ; And than bicometh the ground so proud That it wol have a newe shroud , And maketh so queynt his robe and fayr That it hath hewes an hundred payr Of gras and 4 THE POETICAL WORKS.
... forget In which that winter hadde it set ; And than bicometh the ground so proud That it wol have a newe shroud , And maketh so queynt his robe and fayr That it hath hewes an hundred payr Of gras and 4 THE POETICAL WORKS.
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... ne mighte al abate his prys , Yit wolde she blame his worthinesse , Or by hir wordes make it lesse . I saugh Envye , in that peynting , Hadde a wonderful loking ; For she ne loked but awry , Or overthwart , 10 THE POETICAL WORKS.
... ne mighte al abate his prys , Yit wolde she blame his worthinesse , Or by hir wordes make it lesse . I saugh Envye , in that peynting , Hadde a wonderful loking ; For she ne loked but awry , Or overthwart , 10 THE POETICAL WORKS.
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... hadde lived in langour ; Hir semed have the Jaunyce . Nought half so pale was Avaryce , Nor no - thing lyk , as of lenesse ; For sorowe , thought , and greet distresse , That she hadde suffred day and night Made hir ful yelwe , and no ...
... hadde lived in langour ; Hir semed have the Jaunyce . Nought half so pale was Avaryce , Nor no - thing lyk , as of lenesse ; For sorowe , thought , and greet distresse , That she hadde suffred day and night Made hir ful yelwe , and no ...
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Geoffrey Chaucer Walter William Skeat. As she that hadde it al to - rent For angre and for maltalent . And eek I telle you certeynly How that she weep ful tenderly . In world nis wight so hard of herte That hadde seen hir sorowes smerte ...
Geoffrey Chaucer Walter William Skeat. As she that hadde it al to - rent For angre and for maltalent . And eek I telle you certeynly How that she weep ful tenderly . In world nis wight so hard of herte That hadde seen hir sorowes smerte ...
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... hadde in wolde , Al - though that she hir clothes solde , And though she shulde anhonged be ; For naked as a worm was she . And if the weder stormy were , For colde she shulde have deyed there . She nadde on but a streit old sak , And ...
... hadde in wolde , Al - though that she hir clothes solde , And though she shulde anhonged be ; For naked as a worm was she . And if the weder stormy were , For colde she shulde have deyed there . She nadde on but a streit old sak , And ...
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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...