Poetry & Verse
The Canterbury Tales. The Reeve's Tale.
By Geoffrey ChaucerSource: Geoffrey Chaucer - PoetryDB (Public Domain)3410 words
THE PROLOGUE. WHEN folk had laughed all at this nice case Of Absolon and Hendy Nicholas, Diverse folk diversely they said, But for the more...
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THE PROLOGUE. WHEN folk had laughed all at this nice case Of Absolon and Hendy Nicholas, Diverse folk diversely they said, But for the more part they laugh'd and play'd; And at this tale I saw no man him grieve, But it were only Osewold the Reeve. Because he was of carpenteres craft, A little ire is in his hearte laft; He gan to grudge and blamed it a lite.…
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