The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works

Name: The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works
Author: Gower, John

Gower, John

Poetry

The peine of deth, upon the rage
  That thei the lasse scholden fiele,
  Of wyn let fille full a Miele,[764]                              590
  And dronken til so was befalle
  That thei her strengthes losten alle
  Withouten wit of eny brain;
  And thus thei ben halfdede slain,
  That hem ne grieveth bot a lyte.
                                                [Sidenote: Confessor.]
    Mi Sone, if thou be forto wyte
  In eny point which I have seid,
  Wherof thi wittes ben unteid,
  I rede clepe hem hom ayein.[765]
                                                    [Sidenote: Amans.]
    I schal do, fader, as ye sein,                                 600
  Als ferforth as I mai suffise:
  Bot wel I wot that in no wise
  The drunkeschipe of love aweie
  I mai remue be no weie,
  It stant noght upon my fortune.
  Bot if you liste to comune
  Of the seconde Glotonie,
  Which cleped is Delicacie,
  Wherof ye spieken hier tofore,
  Beseche I wolde you therfore.                                    610
                                                [Sidenote: Confessor.]
                                              [Sidenote: =P. iii. 22=]

    Mi Sone, as of that ilke vice,
  Which of alle othre is the Norrice,
  And stant upon the retenue
  Of Venus, so as it is due,
  The proprete hou that it fareth
  The bok hierafter nou declareth.

                                               [Sidenote: [DELICACY.]]
  ii. _Delicie cum diuiciis sunt iura potentum,_
        _In quibus orta Venus excitat ora gule._
      _Non sunt delicie tales, que corpora pascunt,_
        _Ex quibus impletus gaudia venter agit,_
      _Quin completus amor maiori munere gaudet,_
        _Cum data deliciis mens in amante satur._[766]

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The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works

Gower, John

Poetry

The peine of deth, upon the rage
  That thei the lasse scholden fiele,
  Of wyn let fille full a Miele,[764]                              590
  And dronken til so was befalle
  That thei her strengthes losten alle
  Withouten wit of eny brain;
  And thus thei ben halfdede slain,
  That hem ne grieveth bot a lyte.
                                                [Sidenote: Confessor.]
    Mi Sone, if thou be forto wyte
  In eny point which I have seid,
  Wherof thi wittes ben unteid,
  I rede clepe hem hom ayein.[765]
                                                    [Sidenote: Amans.]
    I schal do, fader, as ye sein,                                 600
  Als ferforth as I mai suffise:
  Bot wel I wot that in no wise
  The drunkeschipe of love aweie
  I mai remue be no weie,
  It stant noght upon my fortune.
  Bot if you liste to comune
  Of the seconde Glotonie,
  Which cleped is Delicacie,
  Wherof ye spieken hier tofore,
  Beseche I wolde you therfore.                                    610
                                                [Sidenote: Confessor.]
                                              [Sidenote: =P. iii. 22=]

    Mi Sone, as of that ilke vice,
  Which of alle othre is the Norrice,
  And stant upon the retenue
  Of Venus, so as it is due,
  The proprete hou that it fareth
  The bok hierafter nou declareth.

                                               [Sidenote: [DELICACY.]]
  ii. _Delicie cum diuiciis sunt iura potentum,_
        _In quibus orta Venus excitat ora gule._
      _Non sunt delicie tales, que corpora pascunt,_
        _Ex quibus impletus gaudia venter agit,_
      _Quin completus amor maiori munere gaudet,_
        _Cum data deliciis mens in amante satur._[766]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works

The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works

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