An Assorted Collection of Eighteenth-Century Poetry
A Fragment of CHAUCER.
18th Century Various EnglishA Fragment of CHAUCER.
By J. H. Esq
RIGHT wele of lerned clerkis is it sed, That womenhud for mannis' use is made; But naughty man liketh not one, or so, He lusteth aye unthirftily for mo; And whom he whilome cherished, when tied By holy church he cannot her abide. Like unto dog which lighteth of a bone, His tail he waggeth, glad therefore y-grown, But thilke same bone if to his tail thou tye, Pardie, he fearing it away doth fly.