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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400 / London, England)
Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer
| 1. | A Balade of Complaint | 5/13/2001 |
| 2. | A Ballad of Gentleness | 12/31/2002 |
| 3. | A Ballad Sent to King Richard | 12/31/2002 |
| 4. | A Cook | 4/5/2010 |
| 5. | A Rondel of Merciless Beauty - The Original | 4/5/2010 |
| 6. | Against Women Unconstant | 12/31/2002 |
| 7. | An ABC | 5/13/2001 |
| 8. | Anelida and Arcite | 5/13/2001 |
| 9. | Balade | 1/4/2003 |
| 10. | Book Of The Duchesse | 5/13/2001 |
| 11. | Chaucer's Prophecy | 12/31/2002 |
| 12. | Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus | 4/4/2012 |
| 13. | Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas | 4/4/2012 |
| 14. | Chaucers Wordes unto Adam | 5/13/2001 |
| 15. | Chaucer's Words to His Scrivener | 1/3/2003 |
| 16. | Fortune | 5/13/2001 |
| 17. | Gentilesse | 5/13/2001 |
| 18. | Good Counsel of Chaucer | 12/31/2002 |
| 19. | La Priere de Nostre Dame | 12/31/2002 |
| 20. | Lak of Stedfastnesse | 5/13/2001 |
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Gentilesse
The firste stok, fader of gentilesse --
What man that desireth gentil for to be
Must folowe his trace, and alle his wittes dresse
Vertu to love and vyces for to flee.
For unto vertu longeth dignitee
And noght the revers, saufly dar I deme,
Al were he mytre, croune, or diademe.
This firste stok was ful of rightwisnesse,
