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MERCILES BEAUTE; A TRIPLE ROUNDEL: 2. REJECTION by GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Poet Analysis

First Line: SO HATH YOUR BEAUTE FOR YOUR HERTE CHACED
Last Line: CHEYNE.
Subject(s): LOVE;

So hath your beaute fro your herte chaced
Pitee, that me ne availeth not to pleyne;
For Daunger halt your mercy in his cheyne.

Giltles my deeth thus han ye me purchaced;
I sey yow sooth, me nedeth not to feyne;
So hath your beaute fro your herte
chaced
Pitee, that me ne availeth not to
pleyne.

Allas! that nature hath in yow compassed
So greet beaute, that no man may atteyne
To mercy, though he sterve for the peyne.
So hath your beaute fro your herte
chaced
Pitee, that me ne availeth not to
pleyne;
For Daunger halt your mercy in his
cheyne.



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