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WHAN FRESSHE PHEBUS DAY OF SEYNT VALENTYN by CHARLES D'ORLEANS

Poem Explanation

First Line: WHEREAS DISCOMFORT SOLE Y HERE ME DRESSE %UPON MY BED SO HARD OF NOYOUS THOUGHT
Subject(s): BIRDS; HOLIDAYS; VALENTINE'S DAY;

Poem Sources:

ENGLISH POETRY, 1400-1580.
  TYDEMAN, WILLIAM (ED.)
  (1970)
 
ENGLISH VERSE BETWEEN CHAUCER AND SURREY; BEING EXAMPLES OF CONVENTIONAL SECULAR POETRY.
  HAMMOND, CLEANOR PRESCOTT (ED.)
  (1927)
 



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