 IN olde dayes of the king Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie, Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede; I speke of many hundred...  Travels in Crete - Page 194by Robert Pashley - 1837Full view - About this book
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1864 - 806 pages
...nil oft In many a grcno mede.This was the old opinion as I redo; I speke of many hundred ycrcs ago. But now can no man see non elves mo, For now the grete charltoe and prayeres Of Hmitourea and other holy freres, That serchen every land and every streme,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1867 - 1072 pages
...intimate that the two monarchies were equal!/ - - -> The Wif of Bathes I speke of many hundred yeres ago ; But now can no man see non elves mo, For now the grete charitee and prayeres Of limitoures1 and other holy freres, That serchen every land and every atreme, As thikke as motes2 in... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1868 - 604 pages
...speke of many hundred yores ago ; But now can no man see lion elves mo, For now the grete chnritec and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy frères, That serchen every land and every strcnic, As thikke as motes in the sonne-henie, Bussing halles, chambres, kichenes, and Ьоигея... | |
 | John Wycliffe - 1869 - 454 pages
...saying that England was once ' fulfilled of faerie,' adds, — I speke of many hundred yeres ago ; But now can no man see non elves mo ; For now the...charitee and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy freres, That serchen every land and every streine, As thikke as motes in the sunne-beme. Blissing halles,... | |
 | John Wycliffe - 1869 - 454 pages
...saying that England was once ' fulfilled of faerie,' adds, — I speke of many hundred yerw ago ; Hut now can no man see non elves mo ; For now the grete cliaritee and prayeres Of limitourcs and otlier holy freres. That serchen every land and every strcme,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1870 - 374 pages
...oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede ; I speke of many hundred yeres ago ; But now can no man see non elves mo, For now the grete...charitee and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy freres, That serchen every land and every streme, As thikke as motes in the sonne-beme, Blissing halles,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 996 pages
...ful oft in many a grene mole. This was the old opinion as I rede; I speke of many hundred ycres ago; But now can no man see non elves mo, For now the grete charitce and praycres Of limitoures and other holy Irercs, That scrchen every land and every strenM... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1875 - 448 pages
...oft in many a grene mede.8 This was the old opinion as I rede ; I speke of many hundred yeres ago ; But now can no man see non ELVES mo, For now the grete...charitee and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy freres, 1 Confessio Amantis, fo. 20, b. - Ibid. fo. 32, b. These are the first instances faye or fairie... | |
 | Alexander Monfries - 1875 - 152 pages
...of the Wife of Bath's Tale, Chaucer explains that elves and fairies had disappeared from the land, ' For now the grete charitee and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy freres, That sercheu every land and every streme As thikke as motes in the sonne-beme Blissing halles,... | |
 | 1876 - 446 pages
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