Poetical Works with Poems Formerly Printed with His Or Attributed to Him, Volume 3G. Bell & sons, 1880 |
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Page 18
... olde passyd hevynesse , For Goddis love , and on adversitee That suffren other ; thinke how somtyme that ye Fownde how Love durst you displese , * Or ellis ye wonne it with grete ese . And preyth for them that been in the caas Of ...
... olde passyd hevynesse , For Goddis love , and on adversitee That suffren other ; thinke how somtyme that ye Fownde how Love durst you displese , * Or ellis ye wonne it with grete ese . And preyth for them that been in the caas Of ...
Page 21
... olde , Ful wel bylovyd , and folk wel of her tolde : " 1 That is , She was so perfect that she seemed to be something supernatural , made to put to shame the works of nature ' 2 Samyte broun is in the Filostrato merely bruna veste ...
... olde , Ful wel bylovyd , and folk wel of her tolde : " 1 That is , She was so perfect that she seemed to be something supernatural , made to put to shame the works of nature ' 2 Samyte broun is in the Filostrato merely bruna veste ...
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... olde , Palladions feste wentyn for to holde . And to the temple , in alle her best wyse , In general went every manner wight That thryfty was to heryn her servise , And that so meny a right lusty knyght , So meny a fressh lady , and ...
... olde , Palladions feste wentyn for to holde . And to the temple , in alle her best wyse , In general went every manner wight That thryfty was to heryn her servise , And that so meny a right lusty knyght , So meny a fressh lady , and ...
Page 119
... olde . In chaungid voys , right for his verrey drede , Whiche voys eke quoke , and also his manere Goodly abasshid , and now his hew is rede , Now pale , unto Cryseyde , his lady dere , With loke doun cast , and humble yoldyn chere , Lo ...
... olde . In chaungid voys , right for his verrey drede , Whiche voys eke quoke , and also his manere Goodly abasshid , and now his hew is rede , Now pale , unto Cryseyde , his lady dere , With loke doun cast , and humble yoldyn chere , Lo ...
Page 126
... olde stories thee allegge Of wymmen lost thurgh fals and folis bost ; Proverbis canst thi self ynow , and wost , Ayens that vice , as for to bene a blabbe , Thogh men soth seid as oft as they do gabbe . ' O tongue , alas ! so oftyn here ...
... olde stories thee allegge Of wymmen lost thurgh fals and folis bost ; Proverbis canst thi self ynow , and wost , Ayens that vice , as for to bene a blabbe , Thogh men soth seid as oft as they do gabbe . ' O tongue , alas ! so oftyn here ...
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Popular passages
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...