Fair Susan Did Her Wif-Hede Well Menteine - In Chaucer's Style

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine,
Algates assaulted sore by letchours tweine;
Now, and I read aright that auncient song,
Olde were the paramours, the dame full yong.

Had thilke same tale in other guise been tolde;
Had they been young (pardie) and she been olde,
That, by St. Kit, had wrought much sorer tryal,
Full merveillous, I wrote, were swilk denyal.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 365
Words 65
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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