Whan that aprill 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;
Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
Tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the ram his halve cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye
(so priketh hem nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
Tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the ram his halve cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye
(so priketh hem nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
5 comments:
This is great. I am in. Looking forward to the journey. I will link to this.
Thanks Mike. Always nice to have someone along for the ride. Hope you enjoy the view.
John, This will be good. I'll enjoy the journey.
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I am in too! But I guess The Canterbury Tales are a bit hard for me to understand. But hey, I always want to learn and I'm sure you have many interesting things and thoughts to share. Go for it!
Thanks Idaho Paul! Nice to have you along!
Netherlands Paul, the Canterbury Tales intro was something I had to memorize in High School. I still find myself rolling the odd Middle English pronunciations off of my tongue every now and then. I don't think we will refer to it very often, but who knows??? For a modern English translation try here...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/CT-prolog-para.html
I love a good journey. This will be my first virtual trip!
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