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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... koude here noo word That no man myghte fynde hir lord , Ful ofte she swooned , and sayed ' Alas ! ' For sorwe ful nygh wood she was , Ne she koude no reed but oon ; But doun on knees she sat anoon And wepte that pittee was to here . ' A ...
... koude best suffise , After my yonge childly wyt , Withoute drede , I besette hyt To love hir in my beste wyse , To do hir worship and the servise That I koude thoo , be my trouthe , Withoute feynynge outher slouthe , For wonder feyn I ...
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