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Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer


Proverbs


Proverbe of Chaucer

What shul these clothes thus manyfold,
Lo this hote somers day?
After grete hete cometh cold;
No man caste his pilche away.

Of al this world the large compas
Yt wil not in myn armes tweyne;
Who so mochel wol embrace.



Geoffrey Chaucer


Geoffrey Chaucer's other poems:
  1. Good Counsel of Chaucer
  2. Against Women Unconstant
  3. To Rosemounde
  4. Anelida and Arcite
  5. Gentilesse


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