An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... presse . Of twenty yeer of age he was , I gesse . Of his stature he was of evene lengthe , And wonderly deliver , and greet of strengthe . And he had been somtyme in chivachye , In Flaundres , in Artoys , and Picardye , 6 Sat at the ...
... presse . Of twenty yeer of age he was , I gesse . Of his stature he was of evene lengthe , And wonderly deliver , and greet of strengthe . And he had been somtyme in chivachye , In Flaundres , in Artoys , and Picardye , 6 Sat at the ...
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... presse . Somwhat he lipsed , for his wantownesse , To make his English swete up - on his tonge ; And in his harping , whan that he had songe , His eyen twinkled in his heed aright , As doon the sterres in the frosty night . This worthy ...
... presse . Somwhat he lipsed , for his wantownesse , To make his English swete up - on his tonge ; And in his harping , whan that he had songe , His eyen twinkled in his heed aright , As doon the sterres in the frosty night . This worthy ...
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ADAM lay ibowndyn aprille That fallyt bede 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