Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Hyt is not al golde that glareth.
Hyt is not al golde that glareth.
He koude songes make and well endite.
He koude songes make and well endite.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by read more
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by hir wordes ne his face
Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence,
Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
