| Henry John Todd - 1810 - 466 pages
...N°. 5. EXTRACTS THE POETRY CHAUCER. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales front Tyrwhitt's edition. WHANNE that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote And bathed every veine in swiche licour, Of whiche vertue engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eke... | |
| Henry John Todd - 1810 - 470 pages
...N°. 5. EXTRACTS THE POETRY CHAUCER. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales from Tyrwhitt's edition. WHANNE that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote And bathed every veine in swiche licour, Of whiche vertue engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eke... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 388 pages
...this day of promise set, ' Darkness again the age invades.' POEMS or GEOFFREY CHAUCER. THE PROLOGUE. WHANNE that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veine in swiche licour, Of whiche vertue engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eke... | |
| William Hunter - 1832 - 140 pages
...ther spoke a word For mervaille of this knight ; him to behold Full besily they waitEN young and old. Whanne that April with his shourES sote The droughte of March hath percED to the rote, And bathed every veine in swichE licouB, Of whiche vertue engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephyrus eke... | |
| Pedestres - 1836 - 430 pages
...Well, then, I'll keep the continent for a bonne bouche, and seek out nearer beauties." CHAPTER II. ' Whanne that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veine in swiche licour, Of which vertue engendred is the floor ; When Zepherus eke... | |
| John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...sealingwax, and embossed envelopes, in that season of the year which old Geoffry Chaucer speaks of " Whanne that April with his shoures sote, The droughte of March hath perced to the rote ;" fashion having fixed this period for such gaieties, we presume, chiefly because the weather is then... | |
| 1845 - 824 pages
...Zachariah Azed, gives us some threescore pages on Chaucer's versification; but, though they have " Whanm! that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veine in swiche licour, Of whiche vertue engendered is the flour ; When Zephyrus eke... | |
| 1845 - 812 pages
...Zachariah Azed, gives us some threescore pages on Chancer's versification ; but, though they have " Whaune that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veine in swiche licour, Of whiche vertue engendered is the flour ; When Zephyrus eke... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1845 - 348 pages
...i!?3 The Marchantes Tale 274 The Squieres Prologue 309 The Squieres Tale 310 THE CANTERBURY TALES. WHANNE that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the And bathed every veine in swiehe licour, [rote, Of whiche vertue engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus... | |
| Richard Southwell Bourke Earl of Mayo - 1846 - 590 pages
...— Tartar church and Moslem devotions. ST. PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW. 107 CHAPTER V. THE SACRED CITY. Whanne that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath pierced to the rote, ***** Than longen folk to go on pilgrimages, « * « » * The holy blissful martyr... | |
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