Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee bifalle
Boece or Troylus for to wryten newe,
Under thy long lokkes thou most have the scalle,
But after my makyng thow wryte more trewe;
So ofte adaye I mot thy werk renewe,
It to correcte and eke to rubbe and scrape,
(Geoffrey Chaucer)
More Poetry from Geoffrey Chaucer:
- Complaint unto Pity, The (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
- Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse, The (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
- A Balade of Complaint (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
- Anelida and Arcite (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
- The Canterbury Tales; CHAUCER'S TALE OF SIR THOPAS (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
- La Priere de Nostre Dame (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)