''The Canterbury Tales''

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(The Prologue)
(The Prologue)
 
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=== The Prologue ===
 
=== The Prologue ===
  
WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*,                       *sweet
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WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot,  
  
 
The drought of March hath pierced to the root,
 
The drought of March hath pierced to the root,
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When Zephyrus eke with his swoote breath
 
When Zephyrus eke with his swoote breath
  
Inspired hath in every holt* and heath                           *grove, forest
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Inspired hath in every holt and heath  
  
The tender croppes* and the younge sun                           *twigs, boughs
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The tender croppes and the younge sun  
  
 
Hath in the Ram <1> his halfe course y-run,
 
Hath in the Ram <1> his halfe course y-run,
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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*);                   *hearts, inclinations
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(So pricketh them nature in their corages);
  
 
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* in sundry lands;                       *distant saints known*<3>
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To *ferne hallows couth in sundry lands;  
  
 
And specially, from every shire's end
 
And specially, from every shire's end
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The holy blissful Martyr for to seek,
 
The holy blissful Martyr for to seek,
  
That them hath holpen*, when that they were sick.             *helped
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That them hath holpen, when that they were sick.
  
  
  
 
Courtesy of Project Gutenberg.
 
Courtesy of Project Gutenberg.

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