For love is mor than gold or gret richesse; Gold faileth of… - John Lydgate

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For love is mor than gold or gret richesse;
Gold faileth ofte; love wol abyde.

John Lydgate

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About John Lydgate

John Lydgate (c. 1370–c. 1451) was an English poet and translator. He is considered one of the leading English poets of the 15th century, and in his own day was often ranked alongside his master, Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Alternative Names: John Lydgate of Bury

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Geoffrey Chaucer Edmund Spenser John Skelton John Heywood John Gower

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For he owre englishe gilte with his sawes,
Rude and boistous firste be olde dawes,
That was ful fer from al perfeccioun
And but of litel reputacioun
Til that he cam, and thorugh his poetrie,
Gan oure tonge firste to magnifie
And adourne it with his eloquence:
To whom honour, laude and reuerence.

The wheel of Fortune tourneth as a ball;
Sodeyn clymbyng axeth a sodeyn fall.

A voluminous, prosaick, and drivelling Monk.

For love is mor than gold or gret richesse; Gold faileth ofte; love wol abyde. - John Lydgate

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