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WORD-PORTRAITS: DESCRIPTION OF GOWER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Large he was; his height was long
Last Line: Quaint attirèd, as you hear.
Subject(s): Gower, John (1330?-1408)


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.





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