''The Canterbury Tales''
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| − | WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot | + | |
| + | == The Canterbury Tales == | ||
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| + | === The Prologue === | ||
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| + | WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot, | ||
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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 | ||
| − | Inspired hath in every holt | + | |
| − | The tender croppes | + | Inspired hath in every holt and heath |
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| + | The tender croppes and the younge sun | ||
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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, | ||
| − | (So pricketh them nature in their corages | + | |
| + | (So pricketh them nature in their corages); | ||
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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, | ||
| − | To *ferne hallows couth | + | |
| + | To *ferne hallows couth in sundry lands; | ||
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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, | ||
| − | That them hath holpen | + | |
| + | That them hath holpen, when that they were sick. | ||
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Courtesy of Project Gutenberg. | Courtesy of Project Gutenberg. | ||
