Geoffrey Chaucer by Brewer Derek;

Author:Brewer, Derek; [B.C.SOUTHAM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Whether he first prepares the Landskip clean

And e’er he mingles Life, describes the Scene:

‘Strikes out the Sun that ruddy seems and broad,

‘When early mounting through the misty Road;

Or when he spreads around a clearer Ray,

‘And all th’Horizon laughs to see the Day;

Seiz’d with Delight, we see the Prospect spread

‘O’er the dun Heath, or through the woodland Shade;

If Life he draws, and earliest Love pursues,

How artless sighs the Elegiack Muse!

But when he boldly strikes the’embattled Plain,

And daring Actions of the Warrior train;

Draws Arcite, like Atrides, fiercely Brave,

Slave to Desire, to head-strong Lust a Slave;

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