Gentilesse
The firste stok, fader of gentilesse --
What man that desireth gentil for to be
Must folowe his trace, and alle his wittes dresse
Vertu to love and vyces for to flee.
For unto vertu longeth dignitee
And noght the revers, saufly dar I deme,
Al were he mytre, croune, or diademe.
This firste stok was ful of rightwisnesse,
Trewe of his word, sobre, pitous, and free,
Clene of his gost, and loved besinesse,
Ayeinst the vyce of slouthe, in honestee;
And, but his heir love vertu as dide he,
He is noght gentil, thogh he riche seme,
Al were he mytre, croune, or diademe.
Vyce may wel be heir to old richesse,
But ther may no man, as men may wel see,
Bequethe his heir his vertuous noblesse
(That is appropred unto no degree
But to the firste fader in magestee,
That maketh hem his heyres that him queme),
poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
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A Ballad of Gentleness
The firste stock-father of gentleness,
What man desireth gentle for to be,
Must follow his trace, and all his wittes dress,
Virtue to love, and vices for to flee;
For unto virtue longeth dignity,
And not the reverse, safely dare I deem,
All wear he mitre, crown, or diademe.
This firste stock was full of righteousness,
True of his word, sober, pious, and free,
Clean of his ghost, and loved business,
Against the vice of sloth, in honesty;
And, but his heir love virtue as did he,
He is not gentle, though he riche seem,
All wear he mitre, crown, or diademe.
Vice may well be heir to old richess,
But there may no man, as men may well see,
Bequeath his heir his virtuous nobless;
That is appropried to no degree,
But to the first Father in majesty,
Which makes his heire him that doth him queme,
All wear he mitre, crown, or diademe.
poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Paa en Faders Fødselsdag, afsjunget af hans Børn Mel. Du lille Purk.
Nu kommer Visen med Knald, Hurra!
Humeur forneden og foroven.
Held Elephanten i Africa,
Den gaaer paa Palmer op til Boven,
Paa røde Roser og paa Tamerinth,
I Foden træder den sig ei en Splint,
Dog for vist og sandt
Ingen Elephant
Fik sig en Fader, som vor Fader!
En Hvalros har det saa mageligt,
Han lider ei af Solens Hede;
Paa Iis han sover behageligt,
Om han er oppe eller nede.
Ved Spidsbergs Klipper faaer han sig et Blund,
Ja lægger Hoved tidt paa Ederduun;
Det os ærgrer ei,
Ingen Hvalros nei,
Fik sig en Fader, som vor Fader!
Paa Ararat, der hvor Arken stod,
Tør Kongeørnen frit sig svinge,
Mod Skyen peger den med sin Fod,
Jo, Ørnen den er ei saa ringe!
De røde Roser og de Øine blaae,
I Dalen dybt de for ham neie maae,
Dog tør vi Børn
Sige: „Ingen Ørn
Har sig en Fader, som vor Fader!"
Nei, Elephant, Hvalros og Ørn,
Jo, de maae smøre sig om Munden!
Tænk! de fik heller ikke slige Børn,
Som os, det ærgrer dem i Grunden!
Som Torn i Øiet vi dem alle staae,
Men Dig vi er en Torn med Roser paa.
Rosens Duft er Sang,
Fader, see en Gang
Ved din Skaal hver en Rose nikker!
poem by Hans Christian Andersen
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I Have a Gentil Cock
I have a gentil cock
croweth me day
he doth me risen early
my matins for to stay
I have a gentil cock
comen he is of great
his comb is of red coral
his tail is of jet
I have a gentil cock
comen he is of kind
his comb is of red sorrel
his tail is of inde
his legs be of azure
so gentil and so small
his spurs are of silver white
into the wortewale
his eyes are of crystal
locked all in amber
and every night he pertcheth him
in my lady`s chamber
I Have a Gentil Cock
I have a gentil cock
croweth me day
he doth me risen early
my matins for to stay
I have a gentil cock
comen he is of great
his comb is of red coral
his tail is of jet
I have a gentil cock
comen he is of kind
his comb is of red sorrel
his tail is of inde
his legs be of azure
so gentil and so small
his spurs are of silver white
into the wortewale
his eyes are of crystal
locked all in amber
and every night he pertcheth him
in my lady`s chamber
poem by Anonymous Americas
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I Have A Gentil Cock
I have a gentil cock
croweth me day
he doth me risen early
my matins for to stay
I have a gentil cock
comen he is of great
his comb is of red coral
his tail is of jet
I have a gentil cock
comen he is of kind
his comb is of red sorrel
his tail is of inde
his legs be of azure
so gentil and so small
his spurs are of silver white
into the wortewale
his eyes are of crystal
locked all in amber
and every night he pertcheth him
in my lady`s chamber
poem by Anonymous Olde English
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Ode to Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday
Le noir serpent, sorti de sa caverne impure,
A donc vu rompre enfin sous ta main ferme et sûre
le venimeux tissu de ses jours abhorrés!
Aux entrailles du tigre, à ses dents homicides,
Tu vins demander et les membres livides
Et le sang des humains qu'il avait dévorés!
La vertu seule est libre. Honneur de notre histoire,
Notre immortel opprobre y vit avec ta gloire.
Seule tu fus un homme, et vengea les humains.
Et nous, eunuques vils, troupeau lâche et sans âme,
Nous savons répéter quelques plaintes de femme,
Mais le fer pèserait à nos débiles mains.
. . . . .
Un scélérat de moins rampe dans cette fange.
La Vertu t'applaudit. De sa mâle louange
Entends, bell héroïne, entends l'auguste voix.
O Vertu, le poignard, seul espoir de la terre,
Est ton arme sacrée, alors que le tonnerre
Laisse régner le crime, et te vend à ses lois.
English
(The black serpent, leaving his filthy cave,
Has finally suffered by your hand so sure and brave
The end of its venomous existence so despised!
From the tiger's guts, from his homicidal teeth
You came and drew what he'd devoured from beneath:
The blood and livid members of his victims sacrificed.)
(Virtue alone is free. Honor of our history,
Our immortal shame we live beside your glory.
Only you were a man, your knife did vengeance wreak;
And we, vile eunuchs, cowardly and soul-less cattle.
We can at best complain like women prattle,
But to wield a sword our hands would be too weak
. . . . .
In that mud crawls one scoundrel less.
Hear, lovely heroine, hear Virtue bless,
Hear the august voice of its virile praise.
Oh virtue, the dagger that hope will raise,
Is your sacred arm, when Heaven holds its thunder
And lets crime rule, while laws are cut asunder.)
poem by Andre Marie de Chenier
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Pour Y.B.
Bien qu'il me vienne en août votre quatrain d'avril
M'a gardé de tout mal et de toute blessure
Votre douceur me suit durant mon aventure
Au long de cet an sombre ainsi que fut l'an mil
Je vous remercierai s'il se peut je l'assure
Quand nous aurons vaincu le Boche lâche et vil
Dont la vertu française a ressenti l'injure.
poem by Guillaume Apollinaire
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Light Of The Stable-christmas
(steve rhymer/elizabeth rhymer)
Hail, hail to the newborn king
Let our voices sing him our praises
Hail, hail to the guiding light
That brought us tonight to our savior
Ale, alleluia, alle, alleluia
Ale, alleluia, alle, alleluia
Come now, there it shines so bright
To the knowing light of the stable
Lean close to the child so dear
Cast aside your fear and the thankful
Ale, alleluia, alle, alleluia
Ale, alleluia, alle, alleluia
song performed by by Emmylou Harris
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Sadeness Part 1 (Extended Trance Mix)
Sade dit moi
Sade donne moi
Sade dit moi qu'est ce que tu vas chercher?
le bien par le mal
la vertu par le vice
Sade dit moi pourquoi l' 'evangile du mal?
quelle est ta religion ou' sont tes fide'les?
Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'homme.
Sade dit moi pourquoi le sang pour le plaisir?
Le plaisir sans l'amour.
N'y a t'il plus de sentiment dans le culte de l'homme ?
Sade es-tu diabolique ou divin?
Sade, tell me...
Sade, give me...
Sade, tell me...what is it that you seek?
The rightness of wrong, the virtue of vice...
Sade, tell me...why the Gospel of evil?
What is your religion? Where are your faithful?
If you are against God, you are against man...
Sade, tell me...why blood for pleasure? Pleasure without love?
Is there no emotion in the cult of man?
Sade, are you diabolical or divine?
SADENESS (Extended Version lyrics in [])
Sade dit moi
Sade donne moi
Sade dit moi...
qu'est ce que tu vas chercher?
le bien par le mal, la vertu par le vice?
Sade dit moi...
pourquoi l' 'evangile du mal?
quelle est ta religion ou' sont tes fide'les?
Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'homme.
[Sade dit moi pourquoi le sang pour le plaisir?
Le plaisir sans l'amour.
N'y a t'il plus de sentiment dans le culte de l'homme?]
Sade es-tu diabolique ou divin?
Sade dit moi...
Sade donne moi...
Sade dit moi...
Sade donne moi...
[The prinicpals of lust]
Sade dit moi...
Sade donne moi...(x3 to fade)
Sade, tell me...
Sade, give me...
Sade, tell me...
what is it that you seek?
The rightness of wrong, the virtue of vice...
Sade, tell me...
why the Gospel of evil?
What is your religion? Where are your faithful?
If you are against God, you are against man...
[Sade, tell me...why blood for pleasure?
Pleasure without love?
Is there no emotion in the cult of man?]
Sade, are you diabolical or divine?
Sade, tell me...
Sade, give me...
Sade, tell me...
Sade, give me...
The principals of lust are easy to understand...
do what you feel, feel until the end.
The principals of lust, are burned in your mind,
do what you want, do it until you find love.
The principals of lust are easy to understand...
do what you feel, feel until the end.
The principals of lust, are burned in your mind,
do what you want, do it until you find love.
Sade dit moi...
Sade donne moi... (Repeat until fade)...
Sade dit moi...
Sade donne moi
song performed by by Enigma
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Hymne
Salut, divin triomphe! entre dans nos murailles;
Rends-nous ces guerriers illustrés
Par le sang de Désille et par les funérailles
De tant de Français massacrés.
Jamais rien de si grand n'embellit ton entrée;
Ni quand l'ombre de Mirabeau
S'achemina jadis vers la voûte sacrée
Où la gloire donne un tombeau;
Ni quand Voltaire mort et sa cendre bannie
Rentrèrent aux murs de Paris,
Vainqueurs du fanatisme et de la calomnie
Prosternés devant ses écrits.
Un seul jour peut atteindre à tant de renommée,
Et ce beau jour luira bientôt:
C'est quand tu conduiras Jourdan à notre armée,
Et Lafayette à l'échafaud.
Quelle rage à Coblentz! quel deuil pour tous ces princes,
Qui, partout diffamant nos lois,
Excitent contre nous et contre nos provinces
Et les esclaves et les rois!
Ils voulaient nous voir tous à la folie en proie.
Que leur front doit être abattu!
Tandis que parmi nous quel orgueil, quelle joie
Pour les amis de la vertu,
Pour vous tous, ô mortels, qui rougissez encore
Et qui savez baisser les yeux,
De voir des échevins que la Râpée honore
Asseoir sur un char radieux
Ces héros que jadis sur les bancs des galères
Assit un arrêt outrageant,
Et qui n'out égorgé que très peu de nos frères
Et volé que très peu d'argent!
Eh bien, que tardez-vous, harmonieux Orphées?
Si sur la tombe des Persans
Jadis Pindare, Eschyle, ont dressé des trophées,
Il faut de plus nobles accents.
Quarante meurtriers, chéris de Robespierre,
Vont s'élever sur nos autels.
Beaux-arts, qui faites vivre et la toile et la pierre,
Hâtez-vous, rendez immortels
Le grand Collot d'Herbois, ses clients helvétiques,
Ce front que donne à des héros
La vertu, la taverne et le secours des piques.
Peuplez le ciel d'astres nouveaux,
O vous, enfants d'Eudoxe et d'Hipparque et d'Euclide,
C'est par vous que les blonds cheveux
Qui tombèrent du front d'une reine timide
Sont tressés en célestes feux;
Par vous l'heureux vaisseau des premiers Argonautes
Flotte encor dans l'azur des airs.
Faites gémir Atlas sous de plus nobles hôtes,
Comme eux dominateurs des mers.
Que la nuit de leurs noms embellisse ses voiles,
Et que le nocher aux abois
Invoque en leur galère, ornement des étoiles,
Les Suisses de Collot d'Herbois.
poem by Andre Marie de Chenier
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Chrystmasse of Olde
God rest you, Chrysten gentil men,
Wherever you may be,--
God rest you all in fielde or hall,
Or on ye stormy sea;
For on this morn oure Chryst is born
That saveth you and me.
Last night ye shepherds in ye east
Saw many a wondrous thing;
Ye sky last night flamed passing bright
Whiles that ye stars did sing,
And angels came to bless ye name
Of Jesus Chryst, oure Kyng.
God rest you, Chrysten gentil men,
Faring where'er you may;
In noblesse court do thou no sport,
In tournament no playe,
In paynim lands hold thou thy hands
From bloudy works this daye.
But thinking on ye gentil Lord
That died upon ye tree,
Let troublings cease and deeds of peace
Abound in Chrystantie;
For on this morn ye Chryst is born
That saveth you and me.
poem by Eugene Field
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0044 Liste ye thertyl allé thynge ye speke
Allé thyngés speke the name of godde.
Trete allé thynge as lichsome lissom mayde
thatte fore thu yearne to daunce as cheke to cheke
as for to sense the savour of here blome;
Ware thu watchen; thenne alle thynge schal speke
and telle al worldés hiden metodés
than speké not thatte godde speke of him self;
thorough goddes brethe hem brethe thy yeres thereinne
hem sondés, hwile thatte ye stonde and boté stare;
Hwaet thu! Tak boté steppés quicke and close
as alway maydé mak menne brazelich bolde –
for til godde speke thee in Hys allé thynge,
so ware thu watchen; alle thynge slepe inne godde.
poem by Michael Shepherd
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Med forskjellige Presenter
Jeg kommer, Frøken Anna, med en Flaske af min Lugt,
Dertil to søde Hvalpe, mit Hjertes bedste Frugt,
„Bruun" var den Enes Fader, den Andens var nok „Spet",
Hver var en Gadestryger, men daarende honnet;
Jeg selv er en Slags Norma, og jeg har følt og grædt.
Men det er nu det Samme, naar Hjertet kun er godt.
Med mig de gratulere og bringe noget Smaat:
Et Stykke Chocolade og engelsk Naal og Staal;
Og alle Tre vi raabe Hurra paa Hundemaal.
poem by Hans Christian Andersen
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Haute beauté dans une humble pucelle
Haute beauté dans une humble pucelle,
Un beau parler plein de grave douceur,
Sous blondz cheveux un avantchenu cueur,
Un chaste sein ou la vertu se cele :
En corps mortel une grace immortelle,
En douceur fiere une douce rigueur,
Eu sage esprit une gaye vigueur,
En ame simple une sage cautele :
Et ces beaux yeux mouveurs de mes ennuis,
Yeux suffisants pour eclersir les nuitz,
Qui font sentir aux plus transis leur flame,
Sont les larrons (et point je ne m'en deux)
Qui, me guettans au passage amoureux,
Au depourveu me ravirent mon ame.
poem by Jean Antoine de Baif
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L'étranger
Je me dis bien souvent : de quelle race es-tu ?
Ton coeur ne trouve rien qui l'enchaîne ou ravisse,
Ta pensée et tes sens, rien qui les assouvisse :
Il semble qu'un bonheur infini te soit dû.
Pourtant, quel paradis as-tu jamais perdu ?
A quelle auguste cause as-tu rendu service ?
Pour ne voir ici-bas que laideur et que vice,
Quelle est ta beauté propre et ta propre vertu ?
A mes vagues regrets d'un ciel que j'imagine,
A mes dégoûts divins, il faut une origine :
Vainement je la cherche en mon coeur de limon ;
Et, moi-même étonné des douleurs que j'exprime,
J'écoute en moi pleurer un étranger sublime
Qui m'a toujours caché sa patrie et son nom.
poem by Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
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Principles Of Lust
Procedamus in pace
In nomine christi, amen...
Cum angelis et pueris, fideles inveniamur
Attollite portas, principes, vestras
Et elevamini, portae aeternales
Et introibit rex gloriae
Qius est iste rex glorie?
Sade, dit moi...
Sade, donne moi...
Procedamus in pace
In nomine christi, amen...
Sade dit moi quest ce que tu vas chercher ?
Le bien par le mal ?
La vertu par le vice ?
Sade dit moi pourquoi levangile du mal ?
Quelle est ta religion ou' sont tes fide'les ?
Si tu es contre dieu, tu es contre lhomme.
Sade es-tu diabolique ou divin ?
(3x)
Sade, dit moi...
Hosanna...
Sade, donne moi...
Hosanna...
In nomine christi, amen...
B : find love
The principles of lust... are easy to understand
Do what you feel... feel until the end
The principles of lust... are burnt in your mind
Do what you want... do it until you find love...
C : sadeness (reprise)
(3x)
Sade, dit moi...
Hosanna...
Sade, donne moi...
Hosanna...
song performed by by Enigma
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I Am Love
I am not passers by
I am not a white lie
I am love, I am love
I am not feeling sad
I am not quickly mad
I am love, I am love
You can try to hide
You can try to run
But you'll never run far enough
This is my flesh, thi is my blood
And I am love
You can fly up high
You can dig down deep
You can flee to the west
You can flee to the east
But you can't escape what I've done
I am love
I am not standing by
I am not letting go
I am not leaving you
I am love, I am love
My blood fell like rain
I did not bleed in vain
But from my vains
I am love
song performed by by Michael W. Smith
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The Canterbury Tales; The Phisiciens Tale
Heere folweth the Phisiciens tale.
Ther was, as telleth Titus Livius,
A knyght that called was Virginius,
Fulfild of honour and of worthynesse,
And strong of freendes, and of greet richesse.
This knyght a doghter hadde by his wyf,
No children hadde he mo in al his lyf.
Fair was this mayde in excellent beautee
Aboven every wight that man may see.
For Nature hath with sovereyn diligence
Yformed hir in so greet excellence,
As though she wolde seyn, 'Lo, I, Nature,
Thus kan I forme and peynte a creature
Whan that me list; who kan me countrefete?
Pigmalion noght, though he ay forge and bete,
Or grave, or peynte, for I dar wel seyn
Apelles, Zanzis sholde werche in veyn
Outher to grave or peynte, or forge, or bete,
If they presumed me to countrefete.
For He that is the former principal
Hath maked me his vicaire general
To forme and peynten erthely creaturis
Right as me list, and ech thyng in my cure is
Under the Moone, that may wane and waxe,
And for my werk right nothyng wol I axe.
My lord and I been ful of oon accord;
I made hir to the worship of my lord,
So do I alle myne othere creatures,
What colour that they han, or what figures.'
Thus semeth me that Nature wolde seye.
This mayde of age twelf yeer was and tweye,
Is which that Nature hadde swich delit.
For right as she kan peynte a lilie whit,
And reed a rose, right with swich peynture
She peynted hath this noble creature,
Er she were born, upon hir lymes fre,
Where as by right swiche colours sholde be.
And Phebus dyed hath hir treses grete,
Lyk to the stremes of his burned heete;
And if that excellent was hir beautee,
A thousand foold moore vertuous was she.
In hire ne lakked no condicioun
That is to preyse, as by discrecioun;
As wel in goost as body chast was she,
For which she floured in virginitee
With alle humylitee and abstinence,
With alle attemperaunce and pacience,
With mesure eek of beryng and array.
Discreet she was in answeryng alway,
Though she were wise Pallas, dar I seyn,
Hir facound eek ful wommanly and pleyn,
No countrefeted termes hadde she
To seme wys, but after hir degree
She spak, and alle hir wordes, moore and lesse,
Sownynge in vertu and in gentillesse.
Shamefast she was in maydens shamefastnesse,
Constant in herte, and evere in bisynesse
To dryve hir out of ydel slogardye.
Bacus hadde of hire mouth right no maistrie;
For wyn and youthe dooth Venus encresse,
As man in fyr wol casten oille or greesse.
And of hir owene vertu unconstreyned,
She hath ful ofte tyme syk hir feyned,
For that she wolde fleen the compaignye
Wher likly was to treten of folye,
As is at feestes, revels, and at daunces
That been occasions of daliaunces.
Swich thynges maken children for to be
To soone rype and boold, as men may se,
Which is ful perilous, and hath been yoore;
For al to soone may they lerne loore
Of booldnesse, whan she woxen is a wyf.
And ye maistresses, in youre olde lyf,
That lordes doghtres han in governaunce,
Ne taketh of my wordes no displesaunce;
Thenketh that ye been set in governynges
Of lordes doghtres, oonly for two thynges;
Outher for ye han kept youre honestee,
Or elles ye han falle in freletee,
And knowen wel ynough the olde daunce,
And han forsaken fully swich meschaunce
For everemo; therfore for Cristes sake,
To teche hem vertu looke that ye ne slake.
A theef of venysoun, that hath forlaft
His likerousnesse, and al his olde craft,
Kan kepe a forest best of any man.
Now kepeth wel, for if ye wole, ye kan.
Looke wel that ye unto no vice assente,
Lest ye be dampned for your wikke entente.
For who so dooth, a traitour is, certeyn;
And taketh kepe of that that I shal seyn,
Of alle tresons, sovereyn pestilence
Is whan a wight bitrayseth innocence.
Ye fadres and ye moodres, eek also,
Though ye han children, be it oon or two,
Youre is the charge of al hir surveiaunce
Whil that they been under youre governaunce.
Beth war, if by ensample of youre lyvynge,
Or by youre necligence in chastisynge,
That they perisse, for I dar wel seye,
If that they doon ye shul it deere abeye;
Under a shepherde softe and necligent
The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent.
Suffyseth oon ensample now as here,
For I moot turne agayn to my mateere.
This mayde, of which I wol this tale expresse,
So kepte hirself, hir neded no maistresse.
For in hir lyvyng maydens myghten rede,
As in a book, every good word or dede
That longeth to a mayden vertuous,
She was so prudent and so bountevous.
For which the fame out-sprong on every syde
Bothe of hir beautee and hir bountee wyde,
That thurgh that land they preised hire echone
That loved vertu; save encye allone,
That sory is of oother mennes wele,
And glad is of his sorwe and his unheele-
The doctour maketh this descripcioun.
This mayde upon a day wente in the toun
Toward a temple, with hir mooder deere,
As is of yonge maydens the namere.
Now was ther thanne a justice in that toun,
That governour was of that regioun,
And so bifel this juge hise eyen caste
Upon this mayde, avysynge hym ful faste
As she cam forby, ther as this juge stood.
Anon his herte chaunged and his mood,
So was he caught with beautee of this mayde,
And to hymself ful pryvely he sayde,
'This mayde shal be myn, for any man.'
Anon the feend into his herte ran,
And taughte hym sodeynly, that he by slyghte
The mayden to his purpos wynne myghte.
For certes, by no force, ne by no meede,
Hym thoughte he was nat able for to speede;
For she was strong of freends, and eek she
Confermed was in swich soverayn bountee,
That wel he wiste he myghte hir nevere wynne,
As for to maken hir with hir body synne.
For which, by greet deliberacioun,
He sente after a cherl, was in the toun,
Which that he knew for subtil and for boold.
This Juge unto this cherl his tale hath toold
In secree wise, and made hym to ensure
He sholde telle it to no creature,
And if he dide, he sholde lese his heed.
Whan that assented was this cursed reed,
Glad was this juge, and maked him greet cheere,
And yaf hym yiftes preciouse and deere.
Whan shapen was al hir conspiracie
Fro point to point, how that his lecherie
Parfourned sholde been ful subtilly,
(As ye shul heere it after openly)
Hoom gooth the cherl, that highte Claudius.
This false juge, that highte Apius,
So was his name-for this is no fable,
But knowen for historial thyng notable;
The sentence of it sooth is out of doute-
This false juge gooth now faste aboute
To hasten his delit al that he may.
And so bifel soone after on a day,
This false juge, as telleth us the storie,
As he was wont, sat in his consistorie,
And yaf his doomes upon sondry cas.
This false cherl cam forth a ful greet pas
And seyde, 'Lord, if that it be youre wille,
As dooth me right upon this pitous bille
In which I pleyne upon Virginius;
And if that he wol seyn it is nat thus,
I wol it preeve, and fynde good witnesse
That sooth is, that my bille wol expresse.'
The juge answerde, 'Of this in his absence,
I may nat yeve diffynytyve sentence.
Lat do hym calle, and I wol gladly heere.
Thou shalt have al right and no wrong heere.'
Virginius cam to wite the juges wille,
And right anon was rad this cursed bille.
The sentence of it was, as ye shul heere:
'To yow, my lord, Sire Apius so deere,
Sheweth youre povre servant Claudius,
How that a knyght called Virginius
Agayns the lawe, agayn al equitee,
Holdeth expres agayn the wyl of me
My servant, which that is my thral by right,
Which fro myn hous was stole upon a nyght,
Whil that she was ful yong; this wol I preeve
By witnesse, lord, so that it nat yow greeve.
She nys his doghter, nat what so he seye.
Wherfore to yow, my lord the Juge, I preye
Yeld me my thral, if that it be youre wille.'
Lo, this was al the sentence of his bille.
Virginius gan upon the cherl biholde,
But hastily, er he his tale tolde,
And wolde have preeved it as sholde a knyght,
And eek by witnessyng of many a wight,
That it was fals, that seyde his adversarie,
This cursed juge wolde no thyng tarie,
Ne heere a word moore of Virginius,
But yaf his juggement and seyde thus:
'I deeme anon this cherl his servant have,
Thou shalt no lenger in thyn hous hir save.
Go, bryng hir forth, and put hir in our warde.
The cherl shal have his thral, this I awarde.'
And whan this worthy knyght Virginius,
Thurgh sentence of this justice Apius,
Moste by force his deere doghter yeven
Unto the juge in lecherie to lyven,
He gooth hym hoom, and sette him in his halle,
And leet anon his deere doghter calle,
And with a face deed as asshen colde,
Upon hir humble face he gan biholde
With fadres pitee stikynge thurgh his herte,
Al wolde he from his purpos nat converte.
'Doghter,' quod he, 'Virginia, by thy name,
Ther been two weyes, outher deeth or shame
That thou most suffre, allas, that I was bore!
For nevere thou deservedest wherfore
To dyen with a swerd, or with a knyf.
O deere doghter, ender of my lyf,
Which I have fostred up with swich plesaunce,
That thou were nevere out of my remembraunce.
O doghter, which that art my laste wo,
And in my lyf my laste joye also,
O gemme of chastitee, in pacience
Take thou thy deeth, for this is my sentence,
For love and nat for hate, thou most be deed;
My pitous hand moot smyten of thyn heed.
Allas, that evere Apius the say!
Thus hath he falsly jugged the to day.'
And tolde hir al the cas, as ye bifore
Han herd, nat nedeth for to telle it moore.
'O mercy, deere fader,' quod this mayde,
And with that word she bothe hir armes layde
About his nekke, as she was wont to do.
The teeris bruste out of hir eyen two,
And seyde, 'Goode fader, shal I dye?
Is ther no grace? is ther no remedye?'
'No certes, deere doghter myn,' quod he.
'Thanne yif me leyser, fader myn,' quod she,
'My deeth for to compleyne a litel space,
For, pardee, Jepte yaf his doghter grace
For to compleyne, er he hir slow, allas!
And God it woot, no thyng was hir trespas
But for she ran hir fader for to see
To welcome hym with greet solempnitee.'
And with that word she fil aswowne anon;
And after whan hir swownyng is agon
She riseth up and to hir fader sayde,
'Blissed be God that I shal dye a mayde;
Yif me my deeth, er that I have a shame.
Dooth with youre child youre wyl, a Goddes name.'
And with that word she preyed hym ful ofte
That with his swerd he wolde smyte softe,
And with that word aswowne doun she fil.
Hir fader with ful sorweful herte and wil
Hir heed of smoot, and by the top it hente,
And to the juge he gan it to presente
As he sat yet in doom, in consistorie.
And whan the juge it saugh, as seith the storie,
He bad to take hym and anhange hym faste.
But right anon a thousand peple in thraste
To save the knyght for routhe and for pitee;
For knowen was the false iniquitee.
The peple anon hath suspect of this thyng,
By manere of the cherles chalangyng,
That it was by the assent of Apius-
They wisten wel that he was lecherus;
For which unto this Apius they gon
And caste hym in a prisoun right anon,
Ther as he slow hymself, and Claudius
That servant was unto this Apius,
Was demed for to hange upon a tree,
But that Virginius, of his pitee,
So preyde for hym, that he was exiled;
And elles, certes, he had been bigyled.
The remenant were anhanged, moore and lesse,
That were consentant of this cursednesse.
Heere men may seen, how synne hath his merite.
Beth war, for no man woot whom God wol smyte
In no degree, ne in which manere wyse
The worm of conscience may agryse
Of wikked lyf, though it so pryvee be
That no man woot therof but God and he.
For be he lewed man, or ellis lered,
He noot how soone that he shal been afered.
Therfore I rede yow this conseil take,
Forsaketh synne, er synne yow forsake.
Heere endeth the Phisiciens tale.
poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Sadeness Part I (Extended Trance Mix)
Sadeness (extended version)
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
Sade dit moi qu'est ce que tu (sade tell me what is it)
Vas chercher ? (that you seek?)
Le bien par le mal (the rightness of wrong)
La vertu par le vice (the virtue of vice)
Sade dit moi pourquoi (sade tell me why the)
L' 'evangile du mal ? (gospel of evil?)
Quelle est ta religion (what is your religion?)
Ou' sont tes fide'les ? (where are your faithful?)
Si tu es contre dieu, (if you are against god,)
Tu es contre l'homme. (you are against man)
* sade dit moi pourquoi le sang (sade tell me why blood for)
Pour le plaisir ? (pleasure?)
* le plaisir sans l'amour. (pleasure without love?)
* n'y a t'il plus de sentiment dans is there no emotion in the
Le culte de l'homme ? (cult of man?)
Sade es-tu diabolique ou divin? (sade are you diabolical or )divine?
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
[lyrics with an asterisk (*) denote lyrics not found on the album version]
song performed by by Enigma
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Sadeness Part I
Sadeness (extended version)
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
Sade dit moi quest ce que tu (sade tell me what is it)
Vas chercher ? (that you seek? )
Le bien par le mal (the rightness of wrong)
La vertu par le vice (the virtue of vice)
Sade dit moi pourquoi (sade tell me why the)
L evangile du mal ? (gospel of evil? )
Quelle est ta religion (what is your religion? )
Ou' sont tes fide'les ? (where are your faithful? )
Si tu es contre dieu, (if you are against god,)
Tu es contre lhomme. (you are against man)
* sade dit moi pourquoi le sang (sade tell me why blood for)
Pour le plaisir ? (pleasure? )
* le plaisir sans lamour. (pleasure without love? )
* ny a til plus de sentiment dans is there no emotion in the
Le culte de lhomme ? (cult of man? )
Sade es-tu diabolique ou divin? (sade are you diabolical or )divine?
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
Sade dit moi (sade tell me)
Sade donne moi (sade give me)
[lyrics with an asterisk (*) denote lyrics not found on the album version]
song performed by by Enigma
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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