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THE POETRY OF CHAUCER by GEORGE MEREDITH

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First Line: GREY WITH ALL HONOURS OF AGE! BUT FRESH-FEATURED AND RUDDY
Last Line: HERE BEATS TRUE ENGLISH BLOOD RICHEST JOYANCE ON SWEET ENGLISH GROUND.
Subject(s): CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (1342-1400); POETRY & POETS;

GREY with all honours of age! but fresh-featured and ruddy
As dawn when the drowsy farm-yard has thrice heard Chaunticlere.
Tender to tearfulness -- childlike, and manly, and motherly;
Here beats true English blood richest joyance on sweet English ground.



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