Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected PoemsWilliam Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster |
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... finde Be constellacion ne kinde : And thus Florent withoute cure Mot stonde upon his aventure , And is al schape unto the lere , 1 As in defalte of his answere . This knyht hath levere forto dye Than breke his trowthe and forto lye In ...
... finde Be constellacion ne kinde : And thus Florent withoute cure Mot stonde upon his aventure , And is al schape unto the lere , 1 As in defalte of his answere . This knyht hath levere forto dye Than breke his trowthe and forto lye In ...
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... finde reste , Wel is , for thanne is ther nomore . And elles this schal be my lore , That thou schalt seie , upon this molde That alle wommen lievest wolde Be soverein of mannes love : For what womman is so above , Sche hath , as who ...
... finde reste , Wel is , for thanne is ther nomore . And elles this schal be my lore , That thou schalt seie , upon this molde That alle wommen lievest wolde Be soverein of mannes love : For what womman is so above , Sche hath , as who ...
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... finde write of Constantin The worthi Emperour of Rome , Suche infortunes to him come , Whan he was in his lusti age , The lepre cawhte in his visage And so forth overal aboute , That he ne mihte ryden oute : So lefte he bothe schield ...
... finde write of Constantin The worthi Emperour of Rome , Suche infortunes to him come , Whan he was in his lusti age , The lepre cawhte in his visage And so forth overal aboute , That he ne mihte ryden oute : So lefte he bothe schield ...
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... finde , Ferst for thi bodiliche kinde , And for thi wofull soule also , Thou schalt ben hol of bothe tuo . And for thou schalt thee noght despeire , Thi lepre schal nomore empeire Til thou wolt sende therupon Unto the Mont of Celion ...
... finde , Ferst for thi bodiliche kinde , And for thi wofull soule also , Thou schalt ben hol of bothe tuo . And for thou schalt thee noght despeire , Thi lepre schal nomore empeire Til thou wolt sende therupon Unto the Mont of Celion ...
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... finde of time ago That many a swevene hath be certein , Al be it so that som men sein That swevenes ben of no credence . Bot forto schewe in evidence That thei fulofte sothe thinges Betokene , I thenke in my wrytinges To telle a tale ...
... finde of time ago That many a swevene hath be certein , Al be it so that som men sein That swevenes ben of no credence . Bot forto schewe in evidence That thei fulofte sothe thinges Betokene , I thenke in my wrytinges To telle a tale ...
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Page 294 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Page 268 - I dought neither speak to prince or peer, Nor ask of grace from fair ladye.' 'Now hold thy peace!' the lady said, 'For as I say, so must it be.' He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 141 - cok, cok," and up he sterte, As man that was affrayed in his herte. For...
Page 248 - Merry Margaret, As midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower: With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness; So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly Her demeaning In every thing, Far, far passing That I can indite, Or suffice to write Of Merry Margaret As midsummer flower Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.
Page 95 - Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, And whiche they weren, and of what degree ; And eek in what array that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I first biginne.
Page 264 - In behint yon auld fail dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. " His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. " Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue een : Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Page 328 - O I'm come to seek my former vows Ye granted me before.' ' O hold your tongue of your former vows, For they will breed sad strife ; 0 hold your tongue of your former vows, For I am become a wife.
Page 307 - Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, With a link, a down, and a ' day,' And there he met with a silly old palmer, Was walking along the highway. " What news ? what news ? thou silly old man, What news, I do thee pray ? " Said he, Three squires in Nottingham town, Are condemn'd to die this day.
Page 266 - Here is a royal brand," she said, "That I have found in the green sea; And while your body it is on, Drawn shall your blood never be; But if you touch me, tail or fin, I swear my brand your death shall be.
Page 104 - In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle.