Famous Payed Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Payed poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous payed poems. These examples illustrate what a famous payed poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...of this chaffer, yghif yghe hade goud chepez."
"Yghe, of the chepe no charg," quoth chefly that other,
"As is pertly payed the chepez that I ayghte."
"Mary," quoth that other mon, "myn is bihynde,
For I haf hunted al this day, and noyght haf I geten
Bot this foule fox felle--the fende haf the godez!--
And that is ful pore for to pay for suche prys thinges
As yghe haf thryyght me here thro, suche thre cosses
so gode."
"Inoygh," quoth Sir Gawayn,
"I thonk yow, bi t...Read more of this...
by
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
..., and delve, *dig ditches
For Christe's sake, for every poore wight,
Withouten hire, if it lay in his might.
His tithes payed he full fair and well,
Both of his *proper swink*, and his chattel** *his own labour* **goods
In a tabard* he rode upon a mare. *sleeveless jerkin
There was also a Reeve, and a Millere,
A Sompnour, and a Pardoner also,
A Manciple, and myself, there were no mo'.
The MILLER was a stout carle for the nones,
Full big he was of brawn, and eke of bones;
Th...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...bushel flour, full well y-bake.
Thus is the proude miller well y-beat,
And hath y-lost the grinding of the wheat;
And payed for the supper *every deal* *every bit
Of Alein and of John, that beat him well;
His wife is swived, and his daughter als*; *also
Lo, such it is a miller to be false.
And therefore this proverb is said full sooth,
"*Him thar not winnen well* that evil do'th, *he deserves not to gain*
A guiler shall himself beguiled be:"
And God that sitteth high in maj...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...eyn wyse.
And also blisful Venus, wel arayed,
Sat in hir seventhe hous of hevene tho,
Disposed wel, and with aspectes payed,
To helpen sely Troilus of his wo.
And, sooth to seyn, she nas not al a fo
To Troilus in his nativitee;
God woot that wel the soner spedde he.
Now lat us stinte of Troilus a throwe,
That rydeth forth, and lat us tourne faste
Un-to Criseyde, that heng hir heed ful lowe,
Ther-as she sat allone, and gan to caste
Wher-on she wolde apoynte hir at the las...Read more of this...
by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
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