An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... riche levedies 3 in hoere bour , * That wereden gold in hoere tressour With hoere brighttė rode ; 5 Eten and drounken and maden hem ® glad ; Hoere lif was al with gamen i - lad , Men keneleden hern biforen , They beren hem wel swithe ...
... riche levedies 3 in hoere bour , * That wereden gold in hoere tressour With hoere brighttė rode ; 5 Eten and drounken and maden hem ® glad ; Hoere lif was al with gamen i - lad , Men keneleden hern biforen , They beren hem wel swithe ...
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... riche , or fithele , or gay sau- trye . But al be that he was a philosophre , 27 Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he mighte of his freendes hente , On bokes and on lerninge he it spente , 300 And bisily gan for the ...
... riche , or fithele , or gay sau- trye . But al be that he was a philosophre , 27 Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he mighte of his freendes hente , On bokes and on lerninge he it spente , 300 And bisily gan for the ...
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... riche he was astored prively , His lord wel coude he plesen subtilly , 610 To yeve and lene him of his owne good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youthe he lerned hadde a good mister ; He was a wel good wrighte , a ...
... riche he was astored prively , His lord wel coude he plesen subtilly , 610 To yeve and lene him of his owne good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youthe he lerned hadde a good mister ; He was a wel good wrighte , a ...
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