Geoffrey Chaucer

London, England

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Fortune

This wrecched worldes transmutacioun,
As wele or wo, now povre and now honour,
Withouten ordre or wys discrecioun
Governed is by Fortunes errour.
But natheles, the lak of hir favour
Ne may nat don me singen though I dye,
Jay tout perdu mon temps et mon labour;
For fynally, Fortune, I thee defye.

Yit is me left the light of my resoun
To knowen frend fro fo in thy mirour.
So muchel hath yit thy whirling up and doun
Ytaught me for to knowen in an hour.
But trewely, no force of thy reddour
To him that over himself hath the maystrye.
My suffisaunce shal be my socour,
For fynally Fortune, I thee defye.

O Socrates, thou stidfast champioun,
She never mighte be thy tormentour;
Thou never dreddest hir oppressioun,
Ne in hir chere founde thou no savour.
Thou knewe wel the deceit of hir colour,
And that hir moste worshipe is to lye.
I knowe hir eek a fals dissimulour,
For fynally, Fortune, I thee defye!

La respounse de Fortune au Pleintif

No man is wrecched but himself it wene,

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Geoffrey Chaucer known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrola ...

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This wrecched worldes transmutacioun,
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Withouten ordre or wys discrecioun
Governed is by Fortunes errour.
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answer to no its my name 07 April 2019

try to write everything in pass tense, only problem with that is that that particular poem is not so easy to do that in...im welcome to anyone else pitching in :)

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no its my name 07 April 2019

I need to do a free verse prologue of Rondel Of Merciless Beauty for school, but I cant get it started...any ideas?

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Hey prakash prasad 03 November 2018

Inspiring poet and philosopher

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Sir Albert 18 September 2018

THANKS FOREVER GREAT WORK

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frank 15 March 2018

i'm related to geoffrey chauser

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Priyanka rathore 20 February 2018

Poem kaa Hindi translation ho to batto

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Alem Hailu G/kristos 09 June 2016

Yes we have to learn to tame our tongues

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Julia Griffin 17 May 2014

Some of his work I really love, this one just isn't a favourite, , though his poetry has made me begin to research more about him, brilliant man, very descriptive always

34 18 Reply

Jackie Gerhardy 17 May 2008

Chaucer really was a bellwheter for his time! His work devles deep into characters and sculpts them beautifully for his readers.

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