"Sorowe was peynted next Envye Upon that walle of masonrye."
by: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Artist)
from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 245) - 1958
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"Sorowe was peynted next Envye Upon that walle of masonrye. But wel was seen in hir colour That she hadde lived in langour; Hir semed have the jaunyce." (p. 245) "Another thing was doon ther write, That semede lyk an ipocrite, And it was cleped Pope-holy. That ilke is she that prively Ne spareth never a wikked dede, Whan men of hir taken non hede; And maketh hir outward precious, With pale visage and pitous, And semeth a simple creature; But ther nis no misaventure That she ne thenketh in hir corage." (p. 246) "And alderlast of everichoon, Was peynted Povert al aloon, That not a peny hadde in wolde, Although that she hir clothes solde, And though she shulde anhonge be; For naked as a worm was she." (p. 247)
"Sorowe was peynted next Envye Upon that walle of masonrye. But wel was seen in hir colour That she hadde lived in langour; Hir semed have the jaunyce." (p. 245) "Another thing was doon ther write, That semede lyk an ipocrite, And it was cleped Pope-holy. That ilke is she that prively Ne spareth never a wikked dede, Whan men of hir taken non hede; And maketh hir outward precious, With pale visage and pitous, And semeth a simple creature; But ther nis no misaventure That she ne thenketh in hir corage." (p. 246) "And alderlast of everichoon, Was peynted Povert al aloon, That not a peny hadde in wolde, Although that she hir clothes solde, And though she shulde anhonge be; For naked as a worm was she." (p. 247)
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