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" Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour... "
The Prologue: The Knights Tale, the Nonne Preestes Tale, from the Canterbury ... - Page 1
by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1889 - 262 pages
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Electronic journals - 1881 - 704 pages
...opening lines of Chaucer's Prologue ? — " Whan that Aprille with hie echo и re! awoote The drought of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in sv-ick licour, Of tekic/i vertue engendred is the flour," &c. No edition to which I have access affords...
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The Skeleton of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: An Attempt to Distinguish the ...

Henry Bradshaw - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature - 1868 - 62 pages
...Geffrey Chaucer. WHAN that Aprille with his shoures swote The drought of March hath perced to the rote And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour Whan Zephirus eke with his swote breth Enspired hath in every holt and heth The tendre croppes and the 3onge sonne...
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The prologue, The knightes tale, The nonne prestes tale, ed. by R. Morris

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...of Calmar . . . 139? CHAUCER. THE PROLOGUE. WHAN that Aprille with his schowres swoote The drought of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertue engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breethe Enspired hath in every holte...
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Stifford and its neighbourhood, past and present. [With] More about Stifford

William Palin - 1871 - 254 pages
...this was the time chosen for pilgrimages:— " Whan that Aprille with his schowres swoote The drought of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of whith vertue engendred is the flour; When Zephirus eek with his swette breath Knspirud hath in every...
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Der Prolog zu den Canterbury Tales versuch einer kritischen Ausgabe

Geoffrey Chaucer, Bernhard ten Brink - 1871 - 48 pages
...Book of the tales of Can liter bury. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu cngendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth 5 Inspired hath in every holt and...
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The prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury tales, ed. by W. McLeod, Issue 229

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 134 pages
...1 to 18. v ~ \/ ~ v *~ v — w "" 1. Whan that | April|le with | his show|res swoote The drought | of Marche | hath per|ced to | the roote, And ba|thed eve|ry veyne | in swich | licour, ^ — V — V — v — ^ — Of which | vertue | engen|dred is | the flour ; ^ — V — w — v *~...
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Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with Explanatory Notes, a Glossary ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 168 pages
...TALES. THE PROLOGUE. THE TIME OF THE PILGRIMAGE.* WHAN that Aprille with his schowres swoote The drought of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich Iic6ur, LINE 1. — Aprille is masculine by classical analogy. LINE 1. — Stsooote ; sweet. The word...
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English of the XIVth Century

Geoffrey Chaucer, Stephen Haskins Carpenter - English language - 1872 - 342 pages
...the Glossary. CHAUCER. CHAUCER. THE PROLOGUE. WHAN that Aprille with his schowres swoote The drought of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertue engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breethe 5 Enspired hath in every holte...
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English of the XIVth Century: Illustrated by Notes, Grammatical and ...

Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1872 - 344 pages
...CHAUCER. THE PROLOGUE. WHAN that Aprille with his schowres swoote The drought of Marche hath perccd to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertue engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swcte breethe Enspired hath in every holte...
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On Early English Pronunciation: With Especial Reference to Chaucer, in ...

Richard Francis Weymouth - English language - 1874 - 172 pages
...before a vowel following, as here the final e of droghti disappears before the of. And bathed euery veyne [ in swich licour Of which vertu | engendred...the flour Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5 Inspired hath | in euery holt and heeth The tendre croppes and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram |...
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