Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose Author:Geoffrey Chaucer Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A GOODLY BALLADE OF CHAUCER. MOTHER of norture, best beloved of all, And freshe floure, to whom good thrift God sende, Your child if it luste you me s... more »o to call, All be I unable my selfe so to pretende, To your discrecion I recommende Mine herte and al, with every circumstance, All wholly to be under your governaunce. Most desire I, and have and ever shal, Thing, which might your hertes ease amend: Have me excused, my power is but small, Nathelesse of right ye ought to commend My good will, which faine would entend To do you service, for all my suffisaunce Is holy to be under your governaunce. Mieulx un, in herte, which never shall apall, Aie freshe and new, and right glad to dispend My time in your service, what so befall, Beseching your excellence to defend My simplenesse, if ignoraunce offend In any wise, sith that mine affiaunce, Is holy to been under your governaunce. 22. A GOODLY BALLADE OF CHAUCER. 347 Daisye of light, very ground of comfort, The Sunnes doughter (ye hight) as I rede, For whan he westreth, farwell your disport, By your nature anone right for pure drede, Of the rude night, that with his boistous wede Of darkenesse, shadoweth our emispere, Than closen ye, my lives ladie dere. Dauning the day, to his kinde resort, And Phebus your father, with his streames rede, Adorneth the morrow, consuming the sort Of mistie cloudes, that woulden overlede True humble hertes, with hir mistyhede, N'ere comfort a daies, whan eyen clere, Disclose and sprede my lives ladie dere. Je vouldray:?but great God disposeth And maketh casuel by his providence, Suche thing, as mans frele wit purposeth, All for the best, if that your conscience Not grutche it, but in humble pacience It receive : for God saith without fable, A faithful herte ever is acceptable...« less