<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=454922" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Inscriptions: II: For A Statue Of Chaucer At Woodstock</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mien<br>Of him who first with harmony inform'd<br>The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt<br>For many a cheerful day. these ancient walls<br>Have often heard him, while his legends blithe<br>He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles<br>Of homely life: through each estate and age,<br>The fashions and the follies of the world<br>With cunning hand portraying. Though perchance<br>From Blenheim's towers, o stranger, thou art come<br>Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain<br>Dost thou applaud them, if thy breast be cold<br>To him, this other hero; who, in times<br>Dark and untaught, began with charming verse<br>To tame the rudeness of his native land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mark+Akenside">Mark Akenside</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=454922" data-title="Inscriptions: II: For A Statue Of Chaucer At Woodstock de Mark Akenside" data-description="Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. these ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthoo..."></div> </div> </div>

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