Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
Only your word will heal the injury
To my hurt heart, while yet the wound is clean -
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene.
Upon my word, I tell you faithfully
Through life and after death you are my queen;
For with my death the whole truth shall be seen.
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
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Yes of course... Middle english is the only way to read Chaucer, but sadly I haven't a clue where it can be found... Harvard has a Chaucer study group, you might start there...
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Interested in seeing the text,in the original Middle English, of Chaucer's"Roundel of Merciless Beauty" - any suggestions as to where this can be found?
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