The Centuries' Poetry: Chaucer to ShakespeareDenys Kilham Roberts Penguin Books, 1950 - English poetry |
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... earth , proud of new clothing , springeth , Sings out her woes , a thorn her song - book making ; And , mournfully bewailing , Her throat in tunes expresseth What grief her breast oppresseth , For Tereus ' force on her chaste will ...
... earth , proud of new clothing , springeth , Sings out her woes , a thorn her song - book making ; And , mournfully bewailing , Her throat in tunes expresseth What grief her breast oppresseth , For Tereus ' force on her chaste will ...
Page 99
... earth he strewéd as he went , And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment . Next came fresh April full of lustyhead , And wanton as a kid whose horn new buds : Upon a bull he rode , the same which led Europa floating through ...
... earth he strewéd as he went , And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment . Next came fresh April full of lustyhead , And wanton as a kid whose horn new buds : Upon a bull he rode , the same which led Europa floating through ...
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... earth's bliss ! Ah Faustus . Now hast thou but one bare hour to live Ah , what is love ? It is a pretty thing All in a camis light of purple silk All the world's a stage And I , forsooth , in love ! I , that have been love's whip 38 122 ...
... earth's bliss ! Ah Faustus . Now hast thou but one bare hour to live Ah , what is love ? It is a pretty thing All in a camis light of purple silk All the world's a stage And I , forsooth , in love ! I , that have been love's whip 38 122 ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 13 |
From The Nuns Priests Tale | 33 |
Chaucers Wordes unto Adam His Own Scriveyn | 39 |
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