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Geoffrey Chaucer Biography

Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.

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Or as an ook comth of a litel spir, So thorugh this lettre, which that she hym sente, Encressen gan desir, of which he brente.

Brente, Desir, Encressen, Hym, Litel, Spir

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

Fair, Flower, May, Rose

For tyme ylost may nought recovered be.

May, Nought, Recovered, Time, Tyme, Ylost

Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.

Glorie, Min, Thin, Travaille

A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that course and learn out of my school; For thus the wise may profit by the fool, And edge his wit, and grow more keen and wary, For wisdom shines opposed to its contrary.

Instrument, School, Wary, Wisdom, Wise

But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre.

Als, Canterbury Tales, Gold, Hadde, Philosophre

For I have seyn of a ful misty morwe Folowen ful ofte a myrie someris day.

Day, Ful, Misty, Ofte, Seyn

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Age, Agree, Chastity, Literature, Powerful, Wardens

The gretteste clerkes been noght wisest men.

Clerkes, Men, Wisest, Wisest Man

Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there's little but an empty cask.

Death, Done, Long, Long Ago, Tasks

In love there is but little rest.

Littles, Love, Rest

Death is the end of every worldly pain.

Death, Ends, Pain, Worldly

Look up on high, and thank the God of all.

High, Look, Look Up, Looks, Thank, Thankfulness

Of harmes two the lesse is for to cheese.

Cheese, Harmes, Lesse, Two

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

Emptie, Hands, Haukes, May, Men

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

Husband, Obedient, Wife, Wisdom, Wise, Women

For many a pasty have you robbed of blood, And many a Jack of Dover have you sold That has been heated twice and twice grown cold. From many a pilgrim have you had Christ's curse, For of your parsley they yet fare the worse, Which they have eaten with your stubble goose; For in your shop full many a fly is loose.

Blood, Cooking, Fare, Food, Robbed, Worse

Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.

Body, Lean, Literature, Make, Soul

If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn't marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.

Best Person, Course, Marry, Men, Possibly, World

Right as an aspen lefe she gan to quake.

Aspen, Aspens, Lefe, Quake, Right

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