''The Canterbury Tales''
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WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet | WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet | ||
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The drought of March hath pierced to the root, | The drought of March hath pierced to the root, | ||
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And bathed every vein in such licour, | And bathed every vein in such licour, | ||
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Of which virtue engender'd is the flower; | Of which virtue engender'd is the flower; | ||
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When Zephyrus eke with his swoote breath | When Zephyrus eke with his swoote breath | ||
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Inspired hath in every holt* and heath *grove, forest | Inspired hath in every holt* and heath *grove, forest | ||
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The tender croppes* and the younge sun *twigs, boughs | The tender croppes* and the younge sun *twigs, boughs | ||
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Hath in the Ram <1> his halfe course y-run, | Hath in the Ram <1> his halfe course y-run, | ||
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And smalle fowles make melody, | And smalle fowles make melody, | ||
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That sleepen all the night with open eye, | That sleepen all the night with open eye, | ||
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(So pricketh them nature in their corages*); *hearts, inclinations | (So pricketh them nature in their corages*); *hearts, inclinations | ||
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Then longe folk to go on pilgrimages, | Then longe folk to go on pilgrimages, | ||
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And palmers <2> for to seeke strange strands, | And palmers <2> for to seeke strange strands, | ||
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To *ferne hallows couth* in sundry lands; *distant saints known*<3> | To *ferne hallows couth* in sundry lands; *distant saints known*<3> | ||
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And specially, from every shire's end | And specially, from every shire's end | ||
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Of Engleland, to Canterbury they wend, | Of Engleland, to Canterbury they wend, | ||
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The holy blissful Martyr for to seek, | The holy blissful Martyr for to seek, | ||
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That them hath holpen*, when that they were sick. *helped | That them hath holpen*, when that they were sick. *helped | ||
Courtesy of Project Gutenberg. | Courtesy of Project Gutenberg. | ||
