So hoote he lovede that by nyghtertale.
He sleep namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue. The Squire loves so passionately that at night she sleeps no more than does a nightingale.
So hoote he lovede that by nyghtertale.
He sleep namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale.
– Geoffrey Chaucer