Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From The Frankeleyn’s Tale |
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| | | .. AND 1 this was on the sixtë morwe of May, | |
| Which May had peinted with his softë shoures, | |
| This gardin ful of levës and of floures:— | |
| And craft of mannes hand so curiously | |
| Arrayed had this gardin trewely, | 5 |
| That never was ther gardin of swich prys | |
| But-if it were the veray Paradys | |
| The odour of flourës and the freshë sight | |
| Wold han maad any hertë for to light | |
| That ever was born, but-if to gret siknesse | 10 |
| Or to gret sorwë held it in distresse, | |
| So ful it was of beauty with plesance … | |
| | | Note 1. Chaucer. From ‘The Frankeleyn’s Tale’, I. 178. The Garden is in Penmarch near Quimper. [back] | | |
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