Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“And he was redy with his iren hoot,
And Nicholas amidde the ers he smoot:”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Gat-toothed was I, and that bicam me weel;
I hadde the prente of Sainte Venus seel.
As help me God, I was a lusty oon,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Madame, ye been alle beautee shrine
As fer as cercled is the mapemounde:
For as the crystal glorious ye shine,
And like ruby been youre cheekes rounde.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)