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John Gower - Confessio Amantis

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Bot for men sein, and soth it is,
That who that al of wisdom writ
It dulleth ofte a mannes wit
To him that schal it aldai rede,
For thilke cause, if that ye rede,
I wolde go the middel weie
And wryte a bok betwen the tweie,
Somwhat of lust, somewhat of lore.


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What is a lond wher men ben none?
What ben the men whiche are alone
Withoute a kinges governance?
What is a king in his ligance,
Wher that ther is no lawe in londe?
What is to take lawe on honde,
Bot if the jugges weren trewe?


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Nevere yit
Was non, which half so loste his wit
Of drinke, as thei of such thing do
Which cleped is the jolif wo.


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But in proverbe I have herde say,
That who that wel his werk beginneth,
The rather a good end he winneth.


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He hath the sor which no man heleth,
The which is cleped lack of herte.


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The beauté faye upon her face
Non erthly thing it may desface.


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It hath and schal ben evermor
That love is maister wher he wile.


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O fol of alle foles,
Thou farst as he betwen tuo stoles
That wolde sitte and goth to grounde.


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A king may spille, a king may save; A king may make of lorde a knave; And of a knave a lorde also.

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John Gower

John Gower

Born: 1330
Died: October, 1408 (aged 78)
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