An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... Wel coude he sitte on hors , and faire ryde . He coude songes make and wel endyte , Juste and eek daunce , and wel purtreye and wryte . So hote he lovede , that by nightertale He sleep namore than dooth a nightingale . Curteys he was ...
... Wel coude he sitte on hors , and faire ryde . He coude songes make and wel endyte , Juste and eek daunce , and wel purtreye and wryte . So hote he lovede , that by nightertale He sleep namore than dooth a nightingale . Curteys he was ...
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... Wel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys , To sitten in a yeldhalle on a deys . Everich , for the wisdom that he can ... coude he knowe a draughte of London ale . He coude roste , and sethe , and broille , and frye , Maken mortreux , and wel ...
... Wel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys , To sitten in a yeldhalle on a deys . Everich , for the wisdom that he can ... coude he knowe a draughte of London ale . He coude roste , and sethe , and broille , and frye , Maken mortreux , and wel ...
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... Wel coude he stelen corn , and tollen thryes ; 47 And yet he hadde a thombe of gold , 48 pardee . A whyt cote and a blew hood wered he . A baggepype wel coude he blowe and sowne , And ther - with - al he broghte us out of towne . A ...
... Wel coude he stelen corn , and tollen thryes ; 47 And yet he hadde a thombe of gold , 48 pardee . A whyt cote and a blew hood wered he . A baggepype wel coude he blowe and sowne , And ther - with - al he broghte us out of towne . A ...
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