Poetical Works with Poems Formerly Printed with His Or Attributed to Him, Volume 3

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G. Bell & sons, 1880

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Page 319 - That eyther hath in hevene or helle ybe, Ne may of hit noon other weyes witen, But as he hath herd seyd, or founde it writen ; For by assay ther may no man it preve.
Page 273 - But syn I se ther is no bettre way, And that to late is now for me to rewe, To Diomede algate I wol be trewe.
Page 300 - O yonge, fresshe folkes, he or she, In which that love up groweth with youre age, Repeyreth horn fro worldly vanyte, And of youre herte up casteth the visage To thilke God that after his ymage Yow made, and thynketh al nys but a faire This world, that passeth soone as floures faire.
Page 320 - I so gret affeccioun, As I seyde erst, whan comen is the May, That, in my bed ther daweth "' me no day, That I nam up and walkyng in the mede...
Page 32 - If no love is, O God, what fele I so? And if love is, what thing and which is he?
Page 374 - Wei wot men that a woman hath no myght. What ! shal she crye, or how shal she asterte That hath hire by the throte, with swerd at herte? She axeth grace, and seyth al that she can.
Page 416 - Compleyne I, for ye be my lady dere! I am so sory, now that ye be light; For certes, but ye make me hevy chere...
Page 299 - And in hymself he lough right at the wo Of hem that wepten for his deth so faste...
Page 201 - Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field ; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him: — A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! [Exeunt.
Page 320 - I feyth and ful credence, And in myn herte have hem in reverence So hertely, that ther is game noon That fro my bokes maketh me to goon...

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