 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1879 - 738 pages
...roten kan we nat be rype. We hoppen ay whil that the world wol pype, For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for thogh oure myght be goon, Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon ; 3880 For whan we may nat doon,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 766 pages
...roten kan we nat be rype. We hoppen ay whil that the world wol pype, For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for thogh oure myght be goon, Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon ; 3880 For whan we may nat doon,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 714 pages
...can we nat be rype ; 3875 We hoppen ay, whyl that the world wol pype. For in cure wil ther stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for thogh our might be goon, Our wil desireth folie ever in oon. 3880 For whan we may nat doon, than... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 508 pages
...we nat be rype. 3875 We hoppen ay whil that the world wol pype, For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for, thogh oure myght be goon, Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon ; 3880 For whan we may nat doon,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1895 - 924 pages
...we nat be rype ; 3875 We hoppen ay, whyl that the world wol pype. • For in cure wil ther stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for thogh our might be goon, Oar wil desireth folie ever in oon. 3880 For whan we may nat doon, than... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1903 - 422 pages
...roten, can we nat be rype; 3875 We hoppen ay, whyl that the world wol pype. For in oure wil ther stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for thogh our might be goon, Our wil desireth folie ever in oon. 3880 For whan we may nat doon, than... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1907 - 536 pages
...we nat be rype. 3875 We hoppen ay whil that the world wol pype, For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek ; for, thogh oure myght be goon, Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon ; 388o For whan we may nat doon,... | |
 | Friedrich Gerber - 1909 - 128 pages
...II, 2). "This white top writeth much my years." v. 3877. "For in oure wil ther stiketh ever a nay], To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek." (2) (Ord. IIl, 1). "I am thine leeke, thou Chaucer eloquent ; Mine head is white, but oh! mine taile... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1912 - 522 pages
...old man, is none the less minded to "speke of ribaudye", and explains that 'in oure wil ther stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek' (.\ 3877—3879). In the Induction to the Fourth Day, Boccaccio is defending himself against those... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1912 - 512 pages
...old man, is none the less minded to 'speke of ribaudye', and explains that 'in oure wil ther stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek1 (A. 3877—3879). In the Induction to the Fourth Day, Boccaccio is defending himself against... | |
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To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek, for thogh oure myght be goon, Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon. 
