The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: To Which Are Appended Poems Attributed to Chaucer, Vol. 3 of 3
Geoffrey Chaucer
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(Forgotten Books, Aug. 20, 2012)
Proem, God tume us every dreme to goode IF or hyt is wonder, be the Roode, To my w)te, what causeth swevenes Eyther on morwes, or on evenes ;A nd why theffecte folweth of somme, And of somme hit shal never come ;W hy that is an avisioun, And why this a revelacioun; Why this a dreme, why that a swevene, And noght to every man lyche evene ;lo Why this a fantome, why these oracles, I not: but who-so of these meracles The causes knoweth bet then I, Devyne he ;for I certenly Ne kan hem noght, ne never thinke To besely my wytte to swinke, 1P rofessor Bernhard Ten Brink, in his Stnd Un, pp. 89-94, points ottt the suggestions that Chaucer derived for this poem from Dante, and says that the general plot is imitated from the Divina Commedia. The coincidences are indicated in the notes. A number of lines also resemble passages in Virgil sneid and in Ovid s Metamorphoses. Hoiy Rood. Visions. Belabor. VOL. III.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org