Love is a thing as any spirit free.

Love is a thyng as any spirit free.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

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Nature of love Love

Author

Geoffrey Chaucer

Source

The Canterbury Tales

Language

Old English

Time

1400 1400s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Franklin's Tale." The Canterbury Tales. London: William Caxton, c. 1476.

Current Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Franklin's Tale." The Canterbury Tales, edited and translated by Nevill Coghill. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red...
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic
Being in love Love

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Sonnet 130 Shakespeare's Sonnets
Medium
Sonnet Poem
Statement Type
Profession of love
Language
English
Time
1609 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 130, I. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 130.

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Haste denies all acts their dignity.

Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio

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Topic
Haste Taking one's time

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Purgatorio The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Dante. "Purgatorio [Purgatory]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Dante. "The Purgatorio." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Love

Author

Boethius
Source
The Consolation of Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 8.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 8.