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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... tyme ! ' quod I , 370 ' Go we faste ! ' and gan to ryde . Whan we came to the forest syde , Every man dide ryght anoon As to huntynge fil to doon . The master - hunte anoon , fot - hot , With a gret horn blew thre mot At the uncouplynge ...
Geoffrey Chaucer. Thorgh to mochel knowlechyng . For that tyme Yowthe , my maistresse , Governed me in ydelnesse ; For hyt was in my firste youthe , And thoo ful lytel good y couthe , For al my werkes were flyttynge That tyme , and al my ...
... tyme , leve hyt wel ! For be ryght siker , I durste noght For al this world telle hir my thoght , Ne I wolde have wraththed hir , trewely . For wostow why ? She was lady Of the body ; she had the herte , And who hath that may not ...