Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely, And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe.
Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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| Birth: | 1343 |
| Death: | 25th October, 1400 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Author, Diplomat, Philosopher, Poet |
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Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.
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