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...fabled queen;
’Tis the mind that shines in ev’ry grace,
 An’ chiefly in her roguish een.


 Note 1. The lass is identified as Ellison Begbie, a servant wench, daughter of a farmer.—Lang. [back]...Read more of this...

...At last, to be identified!
At last, the lamps upon thy side
The rest of Life to see!

Past Midnight! Past the Morning Star!
Past Sunrise!
Ah, What leagues there were
Between our feet, and Day!...Read more of this...

...lf—be known
The Fathoms they abide—

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My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—
In Corners—till a Day
The Owner passed—identified—
And carried Me away—

And now We roam in Sovereign Woods—
And now We hunt the Doe—
And every time I speak for Him—
The Mountains straight reply—

And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow—
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let its pleasure through—

And when at Night—Our good Day done—
I guard My Master's Head—
'Tis better...Read more of this...

...o v'ebbi alcun riconosciuto, 
vidi e conobbi l'ombra di colui 
che fece per viltade il gran rifiuto . 

After I had identified a few, 
I saw and recognized the shade of him 
who made, through cowardice, the great refusal. 


Incontanente intesi e certo fui 
che questa era la setta d'i cattivi, 
a Dio spiacenti e a' nemici sui . 

At once I understood with certainty: 
this company contained the cowardly, 
hateful to God and to His enemies. 


Questi sciaurati, ...Read more of this...

...My Life had stood -- a Loaded Gun --
In Corners -- till a Day
The Owner passed -- identified --
And carried Me away --

And now We roam in Sovereign Woods --
And now We hunt the Doe --
And every time I speak for Him --
The Mountains straight reply --

And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow --
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let its pleasure through --

And when at Night -- Our good Day done --
I guard My Master's Head --
'Ti...Read more of this...

...onight of a new hat? 
Has he commanded that his name
Be written everywhere the same? 
Have all who live in every place 
Identified his hidden face? 
Who knows but he may like as well 
My story as one you may tell?
And if he show me there be Peace 
On Earth, as there be fields and trees 
Outside a jail-yard, am I wrong 
If now I sing him a new song? 
Your world is in yourself, my friend,
For your endurance to the end; 
And all the Peace there is on Earth 
Is faith in what your...Read more of this...

...by the smoke of the shops. 

I commenced analyzing man's mission, but could conclude only that most of his life was identified with struggle and hardship. Then I tried not to ponder over what the sons of Adam had done, and centered my eyes on the field which is the throne of God's glory. In one secluded corner of the field I observed a burying ground surrounded by poplar trees. 

There, between the city of the dead and the city of the living, I meditated. ...Read more of this...

...o the
same source as Gower, though the latter undoubtedly led the
way.
(Transcriber's note: later commentators have identified the
introduction describing the sorrows of poverty, along with the
other moralising interludes in the tale, as translated from "De
Contemptu Mundi" ("On the contempt of the world") by Pope
Innocent.)

2. Transcriber' note: This refers to the game of hazard, a dice
game like craps, in which two ("ambes ace") won, and eleven
("six-cinque") l...Read more of this...

...ct, although it more immediately suggests the
more northern of the two.
(Transcribers note: later commentators have identified it with a
now vanished village near Kirknewton in Northumberland.
There was a well-known Alein of Strother in Chaucer's
lifetime.)

8. Wanges: grinders, cheek-teeth; Anglo-Saxon, "Wang," the
cheek; German, "Wange."

9. See note 1 to the Prologue to the Reeves Tale

10. In the "Cento Novelle Antiche," the story is told of a ...Read more of this...

...Is it the fruits and vegetables
and marketplace at Campo dei Fiori

or the statue there?" Because I was
the glib one, I identified the answer
instantly, I didn't have to think-- "The truth
is both, it's both!" I blurted out. But that
was easy. That was easiest
to say. What followed taught me something
about difficulty,

for our underestimated host spoke out
all of a sudden, with a rising passion, and he said:

The statue represents
Giordano Bruno, brought
to be bu...Read more of this...

...r at my friend's daughter's
sixteen-year-old body dumped
on the morgue slab, T-shirt
stuck fast to one ripped 
breast I identified quick, and then
got out of there

or at the old gentleman
with tubes in the living room, spittle
stained in his wispy 
beard, out of 
the corner of my eye I hardly
notice it, how

could I, drink in hand
at five-thirty, at the least
sign of pain one of us always itches
to turn away, another turns
over in sleep, groans
O, we who are so lucky

just t...Read more of this...

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