The Centuries' Poetry: Chaucer to ShakespeareDenys Kilham Roberts Penguin Books, 1950 - English poetry |
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Page 94
... thou likewise didst love , though now unthought , And for a fleece of wool , which privily The Latmian shepherd once unto thee brought , His pleasures with thee wrought . Therefore to us be favourable now ; And sith of women's labours thou ...
... thou likewise didst love , though now unthought , And for a fleece of wool , which privily The Latmian shepherd once unto thee brought , His pleasures with thee wrought . Therefore to us be favourable now ; And sith of women's labours thou ...
Page 124
... thou wert not fair ... I would thou wert not fair , or I were wise ; I would thou hadst no face , or I no eyes ; I would thou wert not wise , or I not fond ; Or thou not free , or I not so in bond . But thou art fair , and I can not be ...
... thou wert not fair ... I would thou wert not fair , or I were wise ; I would thou hadst no face , or I no eyes ; I would thou wert not wise , or I not fond ; Or thou not free , or I not so in bond . But thou art fair , and I can not be ...
Page 189
... thou wouldst not love me . Greensleeves was all my joy ... My gayest gelding I thee gave , To ride wherever liked thee ; No lady ever was so brave , And yet thou wouldst not love me . Greensleeves was all my joy ... My men were clothed ...
... thou wouldst not love me . Greensleeves was all my joy ... My gayest gelding I thee gave , To ride wherever liked thee ; No lady ever was so brave , And yet thou wouldst not love me . Greensleeves was all my joy ... My men were clothed ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 13 |
From The Nuns Priests Tale | 33 |
Chaucers Wordes unto Adam His Own Scriveyn | 39 |
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