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The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle E...

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The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle English), by Geoffery Chaucer, [14th cent.] The Shorter Poems Merciles Beaute Your yen two wol slee me sodenly; I may the beautee of hem not sustene, So woundeth hit thourghout my herte kene. And but your word wol helen hastily My hertes wounde while that hit is grene, Your yen [two wol slee me sodenly]; [I may the beautee of hem not sustene]. Upon my trouthe I sey you feithfully That ye ben of my lyf and deeth the quene, 10 For with my…