The English Poets; Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers and a General Introduction Volume 1 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: To fynde out mery crafty notys; They ne sparede not her throtys. And, sooth to seyn, my chambrc was Ful wel depeynted, and with glas Were alle the wyndowes wel yglased Ful clere, and nat an hoole ycrased, That to beholde hyt was grete joye. F'or holy al the story of Troye Was in the glasynge ywrought thus; Of Ector, and of kyng Priamus, Of Achilles, and of kyng Lamedon, And eke of Medea and of Jason, Of Paris, Eleyne, and of Lavyne; And alle the walles, with coloures fyno Were peynted, bothe text and glose, And al the Romaunce of the Rose. My windowes were shet echon, And throgh the glas the sonne shon Upon my bed with bryghte bemys, With many glade, glide stremys; And eke the welken was so faire, Blewe, bryghte, clere was the ayrc, And ful atempre, for sothe, hyt was; For nother to cold nor hoote yt nas, Ne in al the welkene was a clowde. Troylus And Criseyde. [Troylus sees Criseyde in the Temple, and lovi-s her at first But though that Grekes hem of Troye in shetten', And hire citd beseged al aboute, Hire olde usages wolde thai noght letten, As for to honoure hire goddes ful devouta, But aldermost in honour, out of doute, They had a relyk hight Palladioun, That was hire trist aboven everichoun. 1 shut. And so byfel, whan comen was the tyme Of Aperil, whan clothed is the mede With newe grene, of lusty Veer the prime, And swote smellen floures, white and rede; In sondry wise schewed, as I rede, The folk of Troye hire observaunces olde, Palladyones feste for to holde. And to the temple, in alle hire beste wise, In general ther wente many a wyght To herken of Palladyoun scrvise, And namely so mony a lusty knyght, So many a lady fresshe, and mayden bryght, Ful wele araied, bothe moste and leste, Ye, bothe' for the seson and t...