Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From Troilus and Criseyde |
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| | | .. O YONGE 1 fresshe folkes, he or she, | |
| In which that love upgroweth with your age, | |
| Repayreth hoom from worldly vanitee, | |
| And of your herte up-casteth the visage | |
| To thilke god that after his image | 5 |
| Yow made, and thinketh al nis but a fayre | |
| This world, that passeth sone as floures fayre; | |
| And loveth him, the which that right for love | |
| Upon a cros, our soules for to beye, | |
| First starf, and roos, and sit in heven above; | 10 |
| For he nil falsen no wight, dar I seye, | |
| That wol his herte al hoolly on him leye. | |
| And sin he best to love is, and most meke, | |
| What nedeth feyned loves for to seke?.. | |
| | | Note 1. Chaucer. From ‘Troilus and Criseyde’, V. 1835 seqq. [back] | | |
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