An OXFORD ANTHOLOGY of ENGLISH POETRY1935 |
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... wolde wepe , if that she sawe a mous Caught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smale houndes had she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , or milk and wastel- breed . But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed , Or if men smoot ...
... wolde wepe , if that she sawe a mous Caught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smale houndes had she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , or milk and wastel- breed . But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed , Or if men smoot ...
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... wolde the see were kept for any thing 25 Bitwixe Middelburgh and Orewelle . Wel coude he in eschaunge sheeldes selle.20 This worthy man ful wel his wit bisette ; Ther wiste no wight that he was in dette , So estatly was he of his ...
... wolde the see were kept for any thing 25 Bitwixe Middelburgh and Orewelle . Wel coude he in eschaunge sheeldes selle.20 This worthy man ful wel his wit bisette ; Ther wiste no wight that he was in dette , So estatly was he of his ...
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... wolde he snibben sharply for the nones . A bettre preest , I trowe that nowher noon is . He wayted after no pompe and reverence , Ne maked him a spyced conscience , 43 high and low 44 A chantry is an endowment to pay for the perpetual ...
... wolde he snibben sharply for the nones . A bettre preest , I trowe that nowher noon is . He wayted after no pompe and reverence , Ne maked him a spyced conscience , 43 high and low 44 A chantry is an endowment to pay for the perpetual ...
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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