Famous Gower Poems by Famous Poets
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...Timor Mortis conturbat me.
He has done petuously devour
The noble Chaucer, of makaris flour,
The Monk of Bury, and Gower, all three:--
Timor Mortis conturbat me.
The good Sir Hew of Eglintoun,
Ettrick, Heriot, and Wintoun,
He has tane out of this cuntrie:--
Timor Mortis conturbat me.
That scorpion fell has done infeck
Maister John Clerk, and James Afflek,
Fra ballat-making and tragedie:--
Timor Mortis conturbat me.
Holland and Barbour he has berevit;
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Dunbar, William
...degrade.
Thus would the men of former times, I say,
Treat the degenerate minions of to-day.
LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE.)
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Hugo, Victor
...go to DON RUY, who, having saved his
life, had him bound in a vow to yield it up.}
LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE).
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Hugo, Victor
...of bloom.
Wed the old man,—believe that ne'er we met;
I seek my shade—be happy, and forget!
LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE).
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Hugo, Victor
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1. This tale is believed by Tyrwhitt to have been taken, with no
material change, from the "Confessio Amantis" of John Gower,
who was contemporary with Chaucer, though somewhat his
senior. In the prologue, the references to the stories of Canace,
and of Apollonius Tyrius, seem to be an attack on Gower, who
had given these tales in his book; whence Tyrwhitt concludes
that the friendship between the two poets suffered some
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
...last, sprung from the noblest and the best,
Betrayed his plighted troth, and sold his guest!"
LORD F. LEVESON GOWER (1ST EARL OF ELLESMERE)
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Hugo, Victor
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