"Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde, / In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure."
— Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1340-1400)
Work Title
Date
1380-1387
Metaphor
"Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde, / In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure."
Metaphor in Context
Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde,
In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure;
And that he wel coude in his herte finde,
It was to him a right good aventure
To love swich oon, and if he dide his cure
To serven hir, yet mighte he falle in grace,
Or elles, for oon of hir servaunts pace.
In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure;
And that he wel coude in his herte finde,
It was to him a right good aventure
To love swich oon, and if he dide his cure
To serven hir, yet mighte he falle in grace,
Or elles, for oon of hir servaunts pace.
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen, searching "mynde" in Middle English Dictionary
Citation
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Rev. Walter W. Skeat, Ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894-1897. English Poetry Full-Text Database. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1992.
Date of Entry
06/05/2009
