The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Of Queen Annelida and false Arcite. The complaint of the Black Knight. A praise of women. The house of fame. The complaint of Mars and Venus. Of the cuckow and the nightingale. The court of love. Chaucer's dream. The flower and the leaf. Minor poemsW. Pickering, 1845 |
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The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Of Queen Annelida and false Arcite ... Geoffrey Chaucer Visualització completa - 1852 |
The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Of Queen Annelida and false Arcite ... Geoffrey Chaucer Visualització completa - 1852 |
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Annelida anone Arcite avised ayen beauty behold chere clere commaundement complaine coud Court of Love cuckow daunce death dede delite dere doth drede echone entent everichone evermore eyen faine faire false fame fast fele fere ferre floures folke fresh gentilnesse glad goeth grace graunt grene hast hath herte hond honour hote House of Fame king king of love knight lady laurer leve liche lord lovers lust lusty manere mede mercy moch mote never nought paine pity plaine pleasaunce pray prince queene quene quod rede remembraunce saine saint Valentines servaunt shewed sight sing sith soch song sore sorrow sothe soveraine statute Sunne tell thee thine thing thou thought trew trouth trow unto Venus vertue wele whan Wherefore wight wise wist withouten wofull wold woll wonder word wost wote yede yeve ywis
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