The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, Modernized ...Whittaker & Company, 1841 - 331 oldal |
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cvii. oldal
... dear and sweet , in which I was forth - grown , and more kindly love have I to that place than to any other in earth , ( as every kindly creature hath full appetite to that place of his kindly ingendure ) . " Ano- ther much disputed ...
... dear and sweet , in which I was forth - grown , and more kindly love have I to that place than to any other in earth , ( as every kindly creature hath full appetite to that place of his kindly ingendure ) . " Ano- ther much disputed ...
cxxv. oldal
... with the government without any stipula- tion in favour of the poet , who had sacrificed all that was dear to him in their cause , but , although they had undertaken to manage his pecuniary affairs at home , OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER . CXXV.
... with the government without any stipula- tion in favour of the poet , who had sacrificed all that was dear to him in their cause , but , although they had undertaken to manage his pecuniary affairs at home , OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER . CXXV.
cxliv. oldal
... dear , The which might have enriched all us here . O cursed Eld ! the canker - worm of wits ; How may these rhymes ( so rude as doth appear ) Hope to endure , sith works of heavenly wits Are quite devour'd , and brought to nought by ...
... dear , The which might have enriched all us here . O cursed Eld ! the canker - worm of wits ; How may these rhymes ( so rude as doth appear ) Hope to endure , sith works of heavenly wits Are quite devour'd , and brought to nought by ...
12. oldal
... dear for his bent , He knew the man must certainly repent ; And many a man so hard is of his heart , He will not weep , although his soul should smart ; Therefore , instead of and tears , prayers and groans Men must give money to the ...
... dear for his bent , He knew the man must certainly repent ; And many a man so hard is of his heart , He will not weep , although his soul should smart ; Therefore , instead of and tears , prayers and groans Men must give money to the ...
59. oldal
... , He must dispatch his dear son Theseus , Since that the lot hath fallen upon him , To be devoured by this monster grim . And forth is led this young and woeful knight Unto the realm of Minos , full of might , THE LEGEND OF ARIADNE . 59.
... , He must dispatch his dear son Theseus , Since that the lot hath fallen upon him , To be devoured by this monster grim . And forth is led this young and woeful knight Unto the realm of Minos , full of might , THE LEGEND OF ARIADNE . 59.
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accents alsó Annelida anon Arviragus Aurelius beauty bird bliss brought Canace Canterbury Tales Chaucer cheer clerks Cuckoo dance daughter dear death Demophon Dorigen doth Dryden Duke of Lancaster English evermore eyes fair flower fresh friends gentle goeth gone grace green grief hand hast hath hear heart heroic verse honour horse John of Gaunt king knew knight lady LEIGH HUNT Lord lovers Manciple metre modern never nigh Nightingale noble nought numbers o'er Phoebus poems poet pray Prologue psaltery Queen quoth reader rhyme rhythm Richard le Scrope ride rode ruth Simkin sing sister song sooth sorrow soul speak steed story Sumner sweet syllables tale tell Tereus thee Theseus thing Thopas thou thought tongue tree trow truth twas unto versification ween wife wight wise wondrous word worthy
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lxvii. oldal - There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
260. oldal - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
xiii. oldal - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
xiv. oldal - Anger dared the pallid Fear ; Next stood Hypocrisy, with holy leer ; Soft smiling, and demurely looking down, But hid the dagger underneath the gown : The assassinating wife, the household fiend, And far the blackest there, the traitor-friend. On t' other side there stood Destruction bare ; Unpunish'd Rapine, and a waste of war.
lxxiii. oldal - MANY a green isle needs must be In the deep wide sea of misery, Or the mariner, worn and wan, Never thus could voyage on Day and night, and night and day, Drifting on his dreary way, With the solid darkness black Closing round his vessel's track; Whilst above the sunless sky, Big with clouds, hangs heavily...
xxxix. oldal - I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine. But this opinion is not worth confuting...
lxix. oldal - With music strong and saintly song To wander through the forest bare, Lest aught unholy loiter there.' Thus Bracy said: the Baron, the while, Half-listening heard him with a smile; Then...
141. oldal - Quest' arder mio, di che vi cal sì poco, E i vostri onori in mie rime diffusi, Ne porian infiammar fors...
xxxix. oldal - The verse of Chaucer, I confess, is not harmonious to us; but is like the eloquence of one whom Tacitus commends, it was auribus istius temporis accommodata : they who lived with him, and some time after him, thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect.
6. oldal - With lockes curled as they were laid in press ; Of twenty years of age he was, I guess...