Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
hath inspired march
Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The
crafts life
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
running lap want
Everybody wants to go to the Super Bowl. Nobody wants to run laps.
cloak knife
The smiler with the knife under the cloak
inspirational-love farewell love-is
For there is one thing I can safely say: that those bound by love must obey each other if they are to keep company long. Love will not be constrained by mastery; when mastery comes, the God of love at once beats his wings, and farewell he is gone. Love is a thing as free as any spirit; women naturally desire liberty, and not to be constrained like slaves; and so do men, if I shall tell the truth.
thankfulness looks look-up
Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
sauce woe culinary
Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
time may
For tyme ylost may nought recovered be.
jolly
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
ale
And brought of mighty ale a large quart.
english-poet fresh month
He was as fresh as is the month of May.