An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... plesaunt , and amiable of port , And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of court , and been estatlich of manere , 140 And to ben holden digne of reverence . But , for to speken of hir conscience , She was so charitable and so pitous , She ...
... plesaunt , and amiable of port , And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of court , and been estatlich of manere , 140 And to ben holden digne of reverence . But , for to speken of hir conscience , She was so charitable and so pitous , She ...
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... plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste to han a good pitaunce ; For unto a povre ordre for to yive Is signe that a man is wel y - shrive . For if he yaf , he dorste make avaunt , He wiste that ...
... plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste to han a good pitaunce ; For unto a povre ordre for to yive Is signe that a man is wel y - shrive . For if he yaf , he dorste make avaunt , He wiste that ...
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ADAM lay ibowndyn aprille That fallyt bede bede side berd bettre biforn brest cam also stylle CANTERBURY CANTERBURY TALES certeinly Chaucer chyld College of Wooster companye courtepy doon everich eyen ful fair Ful semely Ful wel Geoffrey Chaucer greet grene hadde Harrowing of Hell hath hauekės heed herte Hoere Houndės HOWARD FOSTER LOWRY knight kyng kyngės lady layd in stall lond lord lovede lullay lytyll prety nyghtyngale mayden mede mery mete Middle English moder namore no-wher noght noon nyght ordre OXFORD ANTHOLOGY pilgrimage plesaunt povre preest rood ryde seke seyde shal sholde sondry sone song spak stylle Ther swet swete swich syng ther-to Therfore Thomas Thomas à Becket Thomas Carew thou nim thow THYS endris tyme un-to up-on Wel coude wepe weren whan whyl whyt wiit WILLARD THORP William wiste with-outen wolde worthy wot not whome wyde wyll wyth ye wot yonge