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FROISSART.
Farewell, old friend and comrade, sweet Sir John!Far from our hideous homes and vulgar ways
Thy stories of the Past have led us on
To the warm heart of English Chaucer's days—
Days once as stormy and as wild as ours:
But never shall the Present that we see,
Though drawn far off, to any future hours
Seem fair as that which England owes to thee.
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