Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf,
That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte.
Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte,
And this figure he added eek therto,
That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Abak he sterte, and thoughte it was amis,
For wel he wiste a womman hath no beerd.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Certes this dream, which ye han met tonight,
Cometh of the great superfluity
Of your redde colera,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)