Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
Only your word will heal the injury
To my hurt heart, while yet the wound is clean -
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene.
Upon my word, I tell you faithfully
Through life and after death you are my queen;
For with my death the whole truth shall be seen.
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
More verses by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale, Book I [Excerpt]
- The Miller's Tale
- The Canterbury Tales; Chaucer's Tale Of Sir Thopas
- The Canterbury Tales; The Phisiciens Tale
- The Canterbury Tales; The Reves Tale