Geoffrey Chaucer Quote
When kindled was the fire, with sober faceUnto Diana spoke she in that place. O thou chaste goddess of the wildwood green,By whom all heaven and earth and sea are seen,Queen of the realm of Pluto, dark and low,Goddess of maidens, that my heart dost knowFor all my years, and knowest what I desire,Oh, save me from thy vengeance and thine ireThat on Actaeon fell so cruelly. Chaste goddess, well indeed thou knowest that I Desire to be a virgin all my life,Nor ever wish to be man’s love or wife. I am, thou know’st, yet of thy company, A maid, who loves the hunt and venery,And to go rambling in the greenwood wild,And not to be a wife and be with child. I do not crave the company of man.
When kindled was the fire, with sober faceUnto Diana spoke she in that place. O thou chaste goddess of the wildwood green,By whom all heaven and earth and sea are seen,Queen of the realm of Pluto, dark and low,Goddess of maidens, that my heart dost knowFor all my years, and knowest what I desire,Oh, save me from thy vengeance and thine ireThat on Actaeon fell so cruelly. Chaste goddess, well indeed thou knowest that I Desire to be a virgin all my life,Nor ever wish to be man’s love or wife. I am, thou know’st, yet of thy company, A maid, who loves the hunt and venery,And to go rambling in the greenwood wild,And not to be a wife and be with child. I do not crave the company of man.