 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 364 pages
...CHAUCER at WooDSToCK. SUCH was old Chaucer, fuch the placid mien Of him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. thefe ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang ; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | Collection - 1758 - 354 pages
...CHAUCER at WooDSToCK. SUCH was old Chaucer, fuch the placid mien Of him who firft with J^armony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. thefe ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...WooDSToCK. • OUCH was old Chaucer, fuch the placid mien ^•* Of him who fail with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. thefe ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang ; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 352 pages
...CHAUCER at WooDSToCK. SUCH was old Chaucer, fuch the placid mien Of him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. thefe ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 786 pages
...AT WOODSTOCK. QUCH was old Chaucer. Such the plaeid mien *-* O£ him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. Thefe ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang ; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...CHAUCER at WOODSTOCK. SUCH was old Chaucer, fuch the placid mien Of him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. Thefe ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang ; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1789 - 196 pages
...it was intended. Such was old CHAUCER, fuch the placid mien Of him who firft with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. Thefe ancient walls Have often heard him while his legends blithe He fang of love or knighthood, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...WOODSTOCK. SUCH was old Chaucer. Such the, placid дайв Of him .who firft with harmony iiifarm'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. Thefe ancient' walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He fang ; of love, or knighthood,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 166 pages
...CHAUCER, such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our Fathers. Here lie dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him while his legends blithe He sang of love or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life, thro' each estate and age The fashions... | |
 | 1804 - 512 pages
...Chaucer, at Woodstock. SUCH was Old Chaucefj such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many...walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or-knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions... | |
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The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang ; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies... 
