THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

TO WHICH ARB APPBNDBD

POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO CHAUCER

EDITED BY

ARTHUR GILMAN, M. A.

uO Master, pardon met if yet in vain
Then art my Master; and I fail to bring
Be/or• men's eyes the image of the thing
My heart is filled with."

William Morris.

IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. III.

Copyright, 1*70,
Br HOUGHTON, OSGOOD A CO.

All rights reserved.

Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S, A.
Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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CHAUCER'S MINOR POEMS.

The House of Fame. First Book. . i

Second Book 19

Third Book .... ... 40

Legende of Goode Women. Prologue .... 79

Cleopatra, the Martyr Queen of Egypt .... 10a

Thisbe, the Martyr of Babylon 107

Dido, the Martyr Queen of Carthage z16

Hypsiphile and Medea, Martyrs . . 13a

Lucretia of Rome, Martyr . ... 144

Ariadne, of Athens . ... 152

Philomela, of Athens 164

Phillis and Demophoon .... 171

Hypermnestra and Lynceus ... 177

Fie fro the Pres ... ... 1*3

Orisoune to the Holy Virgin 1S4

Proverbe of Chaucer . 190

The Compleynt of Venus .... 190

L'Envoy de Chaucer a Scogan . 193

L'Envoy de Chaucer a Buktou 195

Gentilnesse . . 197

Ballade sent to King Richard 19*

Balade de Visage sanz Peinture 199

The Compleynte of Chaucer to his Purse .... 203

Pv EMS ATTRIBUTED TO CHAUCER.

The Romaunt of the Rose 207

The Court of Love . 476

The Flower and the Leaf 53a

The Cuckow and the Nightingale, or the Boke of Cupide,

God of Love 554

A Goodly Ballade of Chaucer 565

A Praise of Women 56S