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POETICAL WORKS

OF

GEOFF. CHAUCER.

IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES.

THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES

From Urry's Edition 1721,

THE CANTERBURY TALES

From Tyrwhitt's Edition 1775.

Grete well CHAUCER whan ye mete---

Of ditees and of fonges glade,

The which he---made,

The londe fullfilled is over all.

GOWER.

My maifler CHAUCER---chiefe poete of Bretayne----
Whom all this londe fchulde of ryght preferre,
Sith of our langage he was the lode-fterre----
That made firft to dyftylle and rayne

The gold dewe dropys of fpeche and eloquence
Into our tunge thrugh his excellence.

The honour of English tong is dede-.-.

My mayfter CHAUCER, floure of eloquence,
Mirrour of fructuous entendement,

Univerfel fadir in fcience---

This londis verray trefour and richeffe---

The firfte fynder of our fayre langage.

LYDGATE.

OCCLEVE.

Venerabill CHAUCER, principal! pocte but pere,
Hevinly trumpet, oriege afdrégulere,

In eloquence balme, condit and diall,
Mylky fountane, clere ftrand, and rois ria!!,

Of frefche endite throw Albioun iland braid.

O reverend CHAUCER! rofe of rethouris all,
As in oure toung flour imperial

That raife in Brittane evir, quha reidis right
Thou beiris of Makers the triumphs royall,
The frefche enamilt termes celcftiall:
This mater couth baif illuminit full bricht,
Was thou nocht, of our Inglis all the light,
Surmounting every toung terreftriall
As far as Mayi's morrow dois midnight.

VOL. VII.

EDINBURG:

DOUGLAS.

DUNBAR.

AT THE Apollo Preis, BY THE MARTINS.
Anno 1782.