Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

    “This carpenter hadde wedded newe a wif
    Which that he loved more than his lif.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “Our sons their fathers’ failing language see,
    And such as Chaucer is shall Dryden be.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “He kepte that he wan in pestilence,
    For gold in phisik is a cordial;
    Therefore he lovede gold in special.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)