. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland . See what I have found,Like a ball so round: •From a green and sunny slopeI have brought a cantaloup. Now a glance will make it clear,All the colors have we can see them, way up high,When a rainbow spans the 26 CJ3 FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERSINTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK & GEOFFREY CHAUCER The Canterbury Tales In the fourteenth century, at the time that Wyc-lif and his friends were making their transla-tion of the Bible, another famous Englishmanwas writing poetry, poetry which is read to thisday. His name was Geoffrey
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland . See what I have found,Like a ball so round: •From a green and sunny slopeI have brought a cantaloup. Now a glance will make it clear,All the colors have we can see them, way up high,When a rainbow spans the 26 CJ3 FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERSINTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK & GEOFFREY CHAUCER The Canterbury Tales In the fourteenth century, at the time that Wyc-lif and his friends were making their transla-tion of the Bible, another famous Englishmanwas writing poetry, poetry which is read to thisday. His name was Geoffrey Chaucer, and hewas the first great English poet. He was born inLondon about 1340. As a young man he was en-gaged in the service of the court. Chaucer fought in the wars of Edward III. inFrance, and was there taken prisoner in King ransomed him, and he returned toEngland. He was sent abroad several times onmissions to Italy and other countries; so he wasa man who had seen much of the world. He satin Parliament as a member for Kent. If we did not know from his history that Chau-cer had mixed with all sorts of people, and seenmany kinds of life, we should be quite sure of itfrom his poems. There we find pictures drawnof every class of society; we see that he knewEnglan
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