An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... lovede , that by nightertale He sleep namore than dooth a nightingale . Curteys he was , lowly , and servisable , And carf biforn his fader at the table . 100 A YEMAN hadde he , and servaunts namo At that tyme , for him liste ryde so ...
... lovede , that by nightertale He sleep namore than dooth a nightingale . Curteys he was , lowly , and servisable , And carf biforn his fader at the table . 100 A YEMAN hadde he , and servaunts namo At that tyme , for him liste ryde so ...
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... lovede venerye ; A manly man , to been an abbot able . Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable : And , whan he rood , men mighte his brydel here Ginglen in a whistling wind as clere , 170 And eek as loude as dooth the chapel- belle ...
... lovede venerye ; A manly man , to been an abbot able . Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable : And , whan he rood , men mighte his brydel here Ginglen in a whistling wind as clere , 170 And eek as loude as dooth the chapel- belle ...
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... lovede gold in special . A good WYF was ther of bisyde BATHE , But she was som - del deef , and that was scathe . Of clooth - making she hadde swiche an haunt , 38 As opposed to black magic which was unlawful . The physician was versed ...
... lovede gold in special . A good WYF was ther of bisyde BATHE , But she was som - del deef , and that was scathe . Of clooth - making she hadde swiche an haunt , 38 As opposed to black magic which was unlawful . The physician was versed ...
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