Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Canterbury Tales
Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Canterbury Tales
Opening lines of The Canterbury Tales
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"He had maad ful many a mariage Of yonge wommen at his owne cost."
Humorous"Thus may ye see that every creature, Evere in his kynde, desireth to confourme Him to the kynde of his creatoure."
Controversial"And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frenssh of Parys was to hir unknowe."
Humorous"For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, / Which that he seyde was Oure Lady veyl."
Strange & Unusual"A man shal fynde, that in his lyf, The gretteste joye is to have a wyf."
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