Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
That of all the floures in the mede,
Thanne love I most these floures white and rede,
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That of all the floures in the mede,
Thanne love I most these floures white and rede,
Suche as men callen daysyes in her toune.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
