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Now welcome Summer with thy sunne soft,That hast this winter's weathers overshake,And driven away the longe nighties black.Saint Valentine, that ...

When priestes failen in their saws,And lordes turne Godde's lawsAgainst the right;And lechery is holden as privy solace,And robbery as ...

Since I from Love escaped am so fat,I ne'er think to be in his prison ta'en;Since I am free, I ...

Syn I fro love escaped am so fat, I nere thinke to ben in his prison lene; Syn I am ...

Adam Scrivener, if ever it thee befallBoece or Troilus for to write anew,Under thy long locks thou may'st have the ...

THE PROLOGUE. This worthy limitour, this noble Frere, He made always a manner louring cheer* *countenance Upon the Sompnour; but ...

THE PROLOGUE. WHEN folk had laughed all at this nice case Of Absolon and Hendy Nicholas, Diverse folk diversely they ...

THE PROLOGUE. THE Cook of London, while the Reeve thus spake, For joy he laugh'd and clapp'd him on the ...

The double 12 sorwe of Troilus to tellen, That was the king Priamus sone of Troye, In lovinge, how his ...

THE PROLOGUE. The Sompnour in his stirrups high he stood, Upon this Friar his hearte was so wood,* *furious That ...

WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root, And bathed every ...

THE PROLOGUE. When that the Knight had thus his tale told In all the rout was neither young nor old, ...

Geoffrey Chaucer Poems (42 Poems)