Books with title Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 6And fast I slept; and in slepyng, Me mette suche a swevenyng, That lykede me wonderous wele But in that sweven is never a dele That it nys afterwarde befalle, Eyght as this dreme wol tel us alle. Now this dreme wol I ryme aryghte, To make your hertes gaye and lyghte For Love it prayeth, and also Commaundeth me that it be so. And yf there any aske me, Whether that it be he or she, How this boke which is here Shal hatte, that I rede you here It is the Romaunce of the Rose, In which alle the art of love I close. The mater fayre is of to make God graunt me in gre that she it take For whom that it begonnen is I And that is she that hath, ywys, So mochel pris; and therto she So worthy is biloved to be, That she wel ought of pris and ryght Be cleped Rose of every Wight. That it was May me thoughts tho, It is v. Yere or more ago; That it was May, thus dremede me, In tyme of love and jolité, That al thing gynneth waxen gay, For ther is neither husk nor hay In May, that it nyl shrouded bene, And it with newe leves wrene. These wodes eek recoveren grene.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer I A 1e ar' Henry Bradshaw. Fellow of King's College. Cambridge. And University Librarian. By G. W. Prothero (london: Kegan Paul. Trench and Co. Page 108. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 6And fast I slept; and in slepyng, Me mette suche a swevenyng, That lykede me wonderous wele But in that sweven is never a dele That it nys afterwarde befalle, Eyght as this dreme wol tel us alle. Now this dreme wol I ryme aryghte, To make your hertes gaye and lyghte For Love it prayeth, and also Commaundeth me that it be so. And yf there any aske me, Whether that it be he or she, How this boke which is here Shal hatte, that I rede you here It is the Romaunce of the Rose, In which alle the art of love I close. The mater fayre is of to make God graunt me in gre that she it take For whom that it begonnen is I And that is she that hath, ywys, So mochel pris; and therto she So worthy is biloved to be, That she wel ought of pris and ryght Be cleped Rose of every Wight. That it was May me thoughts tho, It is v. Yere or more ago; That it was May, thus dremede me, In tyme of love and jolité, That al thing gynneth waxen gay, For ther is neither husk nor hay In May, that it nyl shrouded bene, And it with newe leves wrene. These wodes eek recoveren grene.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 7: Edited With a MemoirDuring these scenes, Nature has been lamenting the losses daily inflicted on her by death, but is now somewhat com forted by the news of the oath made by Venus and her son. Still, however, desponding, she repairs to Genius, who is represented as a priest, to make her general confession, in the course of which she describes the creation, and denounces the wickedness of men in restraining, by exclusive institutions, the free intercourse of the sexes; and, finally, assuming the character of an instructor rather than that of a penitent, she exhorts her confessor to hasten to the camp of Love, and hurl his excommunications against all who fail in the first command to increase and multiply. Her confession being ended, Genius directs, as her penance, that she shall labour at her anvil with increased diligence in the propagation of the human species; and then sets off for the camp.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.