LARGE he was; his height was long; Broad of breast; his limbs were strong; But colour pale, and wan his look,— Such have they that plyen their book; His head was grey and quaintly shorn; Neatly was his beard worn; His visage grave, stern, and grim,— Cato was most like to him; His bonnet was a hat of blue; His sleeves strait, of that same hue; A surcoat of a tawny dye Hung in plaits over his thigh; A breech close unto his dock, Handsom'd with a long stock; Prick'd before were his shoon,— He wore such as others doon; A bag of red by his side, And by that his napkin tied:— Thus John Gower did appear, Quaint attirèd, as you hear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO DOCTOR EMPIRIC by BEN JONSON METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 8. BAUCIS AND PHILEMON by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO PRAYER FOR THIS HOUSE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER WITH A COPY OF CALVERLEY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THOREAU'S FLUTE by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT GOB-NY-USHTEY (WATER'S MOUTH) by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |