| William Godwin - Great Britain - 1804 - 536 pages
...And then becom'th the graunde so proude, That it wol have a new6 shroude, And mak'th so ' queint his robe and fayre, That it had hewes an hundred payre...iwis, Through whiche the ground " to praisen is. The bird6s that han left * her songe, While thei han suffred colde ful stronge In wethers p grille, and... | |
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 394 pages
...maketh so queint his robe and faire, That it had hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and floures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers : That is the robe I mean ywis, Through which the ground to praisen is. The birdes, that han left hir song, While they han suffred... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 pages
...And thanne becometh the grounde so proude, That it will have a newe shroud, And make so quaynt his robe and fayre, That it had hewes an hundred payre, Of grasse and flowris, Inde and Pers, And many hewes ful divers ; That is the robe I mene, I wis, Through which the... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1851 - 604 pages
...maketh so queiut his robe and faire, That it had hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and floures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers : That is the robe I mean ywia, Through which the ground to praisen is. The birdes, that han left hir song, While they han suflVed... | |
| George MacDonald - English fiction - 1863 - 342 pages
...maketh so queint his robe and faire, That it hath hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and floures, of Ind and Pers, And many hewes full divers : That is the robe I mean, ywis, Through which the ground to praisen is. CHAUCER'S translation of the Romaunt of the Rose, f So... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 960 pages
...maketh so queint his robe and faire, That it had hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and floures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers : That is the robe I mean ywis, Through which the ground to praisen is. The birdee, that han left hir16 song, While they han... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1871 - 954 pages
...rnaketh so queint his robe and faire, That it had hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and floures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers : That is the robe I mean ywis, Through which the ground to praisen is. The birdes, that han left hir 16 song, While they han... | |
| John Ruskin - 1904 - 950 pages
...maketh so queint his robe and faire, That it had hewes an hundred paire, Of grasse and floures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers : That is the robe I mean ywis, Through which the ground to praisen is." l 12. In like manner, wherever throughout his poems... | |
| Albert Boni - English poetry - 1920 - 320 pages
...praise. "Then. "Bush. "For ne trill, will not. " Covered. " Sweet. ยป Then. Of grasse and floures, of Inde and Pers, And many hewes full divers: That is the robe I mean ywis, Through which the ground to praisen is. The birdes, that han left hir " song, While they han... | |
| Chaucer Society (London, England) - 1911 - 140 pages
...And than becometh the grounde so proude That it wol haue a newe shroude 64 And maketh so queynt his robe and fayre That it had hewes an hundred payre Of grasse and floures / ynde and Pers And many hewes ful dyuers 68 That is the robe I mene iwys Through whiche the... | |
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