 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...olde dance. THE PERSONE. A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure PERSONE of a toun : 480 But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was...wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, 485 And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes. Ful loth were him to cursen... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...olde dance. THE PERSONE. A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure PERSONE of a toun : 4SO But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was...a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. ,Hw parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, 485 And in adversite ful... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...a toun : Bat riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Criates gospel trewely wolde preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and won J. i diligent, And in adversite ful patient: And swicbe he was yprevtrd of.cn sithes. Fal loth... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...of that arte she coude the olde dance. A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure Persone6 of a toun : But riche he was of holy thought and werk....wolde preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. 'T1ed. 2 Now; adv. 3 Knew. * A riding Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...ofthat arte, she coude the olde dance. A good man t her was of religioun, That was a poure Persone h all with h / would he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite fui patient* — And swiche he... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...a toun: But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Christes gospel trewely wolde preche. His parishens devoutly...teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversitie ful patient ; And swiche3 he was ypreved4 often sithes.s Ful lothe were him to cursen for... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literature - 1836 - 446 pages
...our famous Chaucer's character of a parish priest as he should be. Can it ever be quoted too often ? A good man ther was of religioun That was a poure...Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parishens 1 devoutly wolde he teche ; Benigne he was, and wonder2 diligent, And in advcrsitc ful patient, And... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literature - 1836 - 434 pages
...our famous Chaucer's character of a parish priest as he should be. Can it ever be quoted too often? A good man ther was of religioun That was a poure...a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; Hisparishensi devoutly wolde he teche; Benigne he was, and wonder2 diligent, And in adversite ful... | |
 | J. H. Hippisley - English literature - 1837 - 370 pages
...and united in nature, as in the picture of our poetf. * See Le Bas' Life of Wickliffe, ch. x. •f- But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was...Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parishens devoutely wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in advcrsite ful patient : And swiche... | |
 | Edwin Guest - English language - 1838 - 342 pages
...4. 289. 2:5. has been one of our standard verses of five accents since the days of Chaucer. But rich he was of holy thought and werk ; He | was also| :...clerk | That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. Chau. Prol. Some | to whom Heav'n| : in wit | has been | profuse | Want | as much more| : to turn |... | |
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A good man was ther of religioun, And was a povre PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thoght and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche. 
