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"Ther to me Venus the goddesse, Which ay werreyeth Chastite, Came of hir grace, to socoure me..."

"Ther to me Venus the goddesse, Which ay werreyeth Chastite, Came of hir grace, to socoure me..."
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"Ther to me Venus the goddesse, Which ay werreyeth Chastite, Came of hir grace, to socoure me..."

by: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Artist) from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 272) -  1958
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"Ther to me Venus the goddesse, Which ay werreyeth Chastite, Came of hir grace, to socoure me, Whos might is knowe fer and wyde, For she is modir of Cupyde, The God of Love, blinde as stoon, That helpith lovers many oon. This lady brought in hir right hond Of brenning fyr a blasing brond; Wherof the flawme and hote fyr Hath many a lady in desyr Of love brought, and sore het, And in hir servise hir hertes set." (p. 279)