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Geoffrey Chaucer on Retirement

1340–1400 England

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Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.

Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be,
That may both werken wel and hastily.
This wol be done at leisure parfitly.

For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn
from yere to yere;
And out of olde bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere.

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