The Book of the DuchessHesperus Press, 2007 - 94 pages The earliest of Chaucer’s major works, this charming and absorbing dream-poem is traditionally read as an allegorical elegy for Blanche of Lancaster, John of Gaunt’s first wife. A sleepless poet lies in his bed, reading the legend of Ceyx and Alcyone, wishing that he might be granted rest. He finally falls asleep, only to have a beautiful vision. Dreaming himself in a chamber with stained glass windows that portray the tale of Troy, the poet hears the sound of a hunting party, which he hurries to join. When the hunt disbands, he follows a small dog into a forest, where he meets a black knight, mourning the loss of his love. The poet cannot understand the exact nature of the knight’s grief until the very end of his dream, when he wakes, book still in hand. Reluctant to forget such a wonderful dream, he determines to put it down in verse. |
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... slep and be in sorwe . And I ne may , ne nyght ne morwe , Slepe ; and thus melancolye And drede I have for to dye . Defaute of slep and hevynesse Hath sleyn my spirit of quyknesse That I have lost al lustyhede . Suche fantasies ben in ...
... slep Fil on hir or she tooke kep , Throgh Juno , that had herd hir bone , That made hir to slepe sone . For as she prayede , ryght so was don In dede ; for Juno ryght anon Called thus hir messager To doo hir erande , and he com ner ...
... slep abrayd Out of hys slep , and gan to goon , And dyde as he had bede hym doon : Took up the dreynte body sone And bar hyte forth to Alcione , Hys wife the quene , ther as she lay Ryght even a quarter before day , And stood ryght at ...