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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... vowed to keep . Consider , too , The queen of Carthage , Dido , who Counted it death to her to see Aeneas fleeing - the more fool she ! 25 And Echo died because her swain , 710 720 730 Nolde nat love hir , and ryght thus Hath many 49.
Geoffrey Chaucer. Nolde nat love hir , and ryght thus Hath many another foly doon ; And for Dalida died Sampson , That slough hymself with a piler . But ther is no man alyve her Wolde for a fers make this woo ! " ' Why so ? ' quod he ...
Geoffrey Chaucer. For of good wille myn herte hyt wolde , And eke to love hir I was holde As for the fairest and the beste . She was as good , so have I reste , As ever was Penelopee of Grece , Or as the noble wif Lucrece , That was the ...