 Of court, and ben estatelich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence. But for to speken of hire conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous B 2 Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 6by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English Literature - 1894 - 342 pages
...Worthy. She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a moua Caughte in a trnppe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndes hadde she,...fedde With rosted flesh and milk and wastel brede. 1 But sore wept she if on of hem were dede, Or if men smote it with a yerde • smert: • And all... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1894 - 328 pages
...court manners. • Worthy. She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndea hadde she, that she fedde With rested flesh and milk and wastel brede.' But sore wept she if... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1897 - 272 pages
...hire conscience, She was BO charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous Gaughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndes...she, that she fedde With rosted flesh, and milk, and waatel breda But sore wept she if on of hem were dede, * PWlogue to Canterbury Tola, il p. i, I 118-141.... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1897 - 432 pages
...in Chaucer: — 'She was so charitable and so piious, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous Caught in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndes had she that she fedde With rested flesh and milke nud wastel brede, But sore wept she if one of them... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 350 pages
...manners. » Worthy. *S5 She was so charitable and so pitods, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of...that she fedde With rosted flesh and milk and wastel brede.1 But sore wept she if on of hem were dede, Or if men smote it with a yerde J smerte : * And... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Authors, Medieval - 1907 - 840 pages
...charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe, if that she saugh a mous Kaught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. Of smale houndes hadde she that she fedde With rosted flessh, or milk and wastel breed ; But soore wepte she if oon of hem were deed, 148 Or if men smoot... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1899 - 346 pages
...court manners. * Worthy. She was so charitable and so pilous, She wolde vvepe if that she saw a mous Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndes hadde she, that she fedde With rested flesh and milk and wastel brede.1 But sore wept she if on of hem were dede, Or if men smote... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1899 - 264 pages
...charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe, if that she sawe a mous 145 Caught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. Of smale houndes hadde she, that she fedde With rosted flesh, or milk and wastel breed. But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if inen smoot it with a yerde... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...a trappe, if it wer ded or bledde. Of smale hounde's had she, that she fedde With rested flesh, or milk and wastel brede.• But sore' wept she if on of hem wer dede, Or if men smote it with a yerde * smert : lo And al was conscience and tendre herte. Ful... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1900 - 638 pages
...very smallest and noisiest I ever saw. They must be the sort of dogs Chaucer speaks of — ' Of small houndes hadde she, that she fedde With rosted flesh...and milk, and wastel brede ; But sore wept she if one of hem were dead.' " It was a short journey from Streatlam to Kiplin, the beautiful old house of... | |
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