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Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat
I never thenk to ben in his prison lene.
Love hath my name ystrike out of his sclat*
And he is strike out of my bokes clene
For evermo; [ther] is non other mene.*
Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat,
I never thenk to ben in his prison lene;
Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene.
--Geoffrey Chaucer, from "Merciless Beate"
*sclat = slate
*mene = means, course of action
Ok, so hopefully I haven't gone that far, but I think this is a good little section of Chaucer...one that a lot of people I know can relate to right now, at least.
I never thenk to ben in his prison lene.
Love hath my name ystrike out of his sclat*
And he is strike out of my bokes clene
For evermo; [ther] is non other mene.*
Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat,
I never thenk to ben in his prison lene;
Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene.
--Geoffrey Chaucer, from "Merciless Beate"
*sclat = slate
*mene = means, course of action
Ok, so hopefully I haven't gone that far, but I think this is a good little section of Chaucer...one that a lot of people I know can relate to right now, at least.