Geoffrey Chaucer May Quotations

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.

Trouthe is the hyest thyng that man may kepe.

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.

Hard is the heart that loveth nought In May.

Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.

Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.

What's said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.

For tyme y-lost may not recovered be.

Of alle the floures in the mede, Than love I most these floures whyte and rede, Swiche as men callen daysies in our toun. . . . . Til that myn herte dye. . . . . That wel by reson men hit calle may The 'dayesye' or elles the 'ye of day,' The emperice and flour of floures alle. I pray to god that faire mot she falle, And alle that loven floures, for hir sake!

Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.

Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune's throw?

For tyme ylost may nought recovered be.

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.