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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... trowe no man had the wyt To konne wel my sweven rede ; No , not Joseph , withoute drede , Of Egipte , he that redde so The kynges metynge Pharao , No more than koude the lest of us ; Ne nat skarsly Macrobeus ( He that wrot al th ...
... trowe ; For hit was , on to beholde , As thogh the erthe envye wolde To be gayer than the heven , To have moo floures , swiche seven , As in the welken sterres bee . 400 Hyt had forgete the povertee 410 That winter , thorgh hys colde ...
... trowe hyt was the firste thyng ; But if myn herte was ywaxe Glad , that is no nede to axe ! As helpe me God , I was as blyve Reysed as fro deth to lyve – 1270 Of al happes the alderbeste , The gladdest , and the moste at reste . 1280 ...