Geoffrey Chaucer Quote

The seven bodies I'll describe anon: Sol, gold is, Luna's silver, as we see, Mars iron, and quicksilver's Mercury, Saturn is lead, and Jupiter is tin, And Venus copper, by my father's kin!


In: Great Books of the Western World (Volume 22), The Canterbury Tales, Canon Yeoman's Tale (p. 476)


The seven bodies I'll describe anon: Sol, gold is, Luna's silver, as we see, Mars iron, and quicksilver's Mercury, Saturn is lead, and Jupiter is...

The seven bodies I'll describe anon: Sol, gold is, Luna's silver, as we see, Mars iron, and quicksilver's Mercury, Saturn is lead, and Jupiter is...

The seven bodies I'll describe anon: Sol, gold is, Luna's silver, as we see, Mars iron, and quicksilver's Mercury, Saturn is lead, and Jupiter is...

The seven bodies I'll describe anon: Sol, gold is, Luna's silver, as we see, Mars iron, and quicksilver's Mercury, Saturn is lead, and Jupiter is...