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Parlement of Foules

Parlement of Foules

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Parlement of Foules is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer made up of approximately 700 lines. The poem is in the form of a dream vision in rhyme royal stanza and contains one of the earliest references to the idea that St. Valentine's Day is a special day for lovers.

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„The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne.
Th’ assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge,
The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne;
Al this mene I be love.“

— Geoffrey Chaucer, book Parlement of Foules

Parlement of Foules, l. 1-4; comparable with Hippocrates, Aphorisms 1:1
Source: The Parliament of Birds

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„For out of olde feldes, as men seith,
Cometh al this new corn fro yeer to yere;
And out of olde bokes, in good feith,
Cometh al this newe science that men lere.“

— Geoffrey Chaucer, book Parlement of Foules

Parlement of Foules, l. 22-25

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„Nature, the vicar of the Almightie Lord.“

— Geoffrey Chaucer, book Parlement of Foules

Parlement of Foules, l. 379

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