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The Re-echo Club: as by Geoffrey Chaucer (Paste-pot and Ink)
From The Re-echo Club
A mayde ther ben, a wordy one and wyse,
Who wore a paire of gogles on her eyes.
O'er theemes of depest thogt her braine she werked,
Nor ever any knoty problemme sherked.
Yette when they askt her if she'd rather sinke
Her penne in payste, or eke her brushe in inke,
"Ah," quo' the canny mayde, "now wit ye wel,
I'm wyse enow to know--too wyse to tel."
Codex Note
A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Geoffrey Chaucer as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Paste-pot and Ink).
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Geoffrey Chaucer (Paste-pot and Ink).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/287/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Geoffrey Chaucer (Paste-pot and Ink).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/287/.
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