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Chaucer and a Cup and Saucer

Chaucer and a Cup and Saucer I just had been reading some Chaucer When I picked up a cup from its saucer Looked below and by chance saw Chaucer's name Would this help me find much fortune and fame? Now could it really be that Canterbury Tails Have been hard to read when the light fails And one was a tall tale about a parsonigin Who was first to come up with name Carcinogen. Chaucer's style was rather nonchalant All of his handsomeness others would haunt With clothes full of ruffles, buttons and bows And what is else only haven now knows. When Chaucer wrote, it was with a vengeance Which in those days was only worth two pence Later held his book and it around was swirling Then later sold it for around two pound sterling. Book was dirty so we washed it with a bath And am not quite whether it was have or hath Finally, after they reached a happy accord Mine eyes saw glory coming from the Lord. James Thomas Horn

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