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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400 / London, England)
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Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer : 26 / 70
Rondel of Merciless Beauty
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
Only your word will heal the injury
To my hurt heart, while yet the wound is clean -
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene.
Upon my word, I tell you faithfully
Through life and after death you are my queen;
For with my death the whole truth shall be seen.
Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;
Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;
Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Submitted: Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Read poems about / on: beauty, death, truth, heart, life, wind
Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer : 26 / 70
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beauty shakes me, good poem,
Geoffrey Chaucer is one of my favourite poet. He was the first to bring poetry to common man and based his poems on common people and their feeling. He is unique in english poetry!
I love reading anything by Chaucer,
but he was mare than his Canterbury Tales;
his skills weren't limited to poetic travails.
He was a businessman, diplomat, and courtier,
dealing with wartime rival France with all that entails.
I love reading anything by Chaucer,
but he was more than his Canterbury Tales.
I recommend a book by his biographer
Marchette Gaylor Chute (try Amazon sales
if your local bookstore fails) .
I love reading anything by Chaucer,
but he was more than his Canterbury Tales;
his skills weren't limited to poetic travails.
the wound is quick and clean. no resolve except only your word will heal the injury. its kinda funny because sometimes you can see so much beauty in a person until you get to know them.
What wonderful beautiful eyes, we could search all our lives, and never find such eyes. The eyes are the window to the soul, what an exceptional soul.
What is the power of beautiful eyes? Chaucer has beautifully expressed about it in this nice poem!
sick of death... give me truth
A rondel is written to demonstrate a poet's skill in composing a difficult French verse form. Those who take it to heart are missing the fun of the whole thing. The poet is using such a form as a practice in prosody. Concentrate on the rime-scheme and the repetition of certain lines in the refrain. It's similar to a problem in math, only words replace numbers!
Don't get all emotional and lose your power of speaking, please! Enjoy it for what it is - a 14th century Middle English poem modeled on a French love poem!
Enduring Love at first sight, worshipped forever as it rules the poet's heart.A ten from me...even though you will never know my rating...
that's a gr8 poet
I'm speechless, nothing to say