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The Complete Works of John Gower

Edited from the manuscripts with introductions, notes and glossaries by G. C. Macaulay
Gower, John (1325?-1408)
  
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CONFESSIO AMANTIS
  
TO KING HENRY THE FOURTH IN PRAISE OF PEACE

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Agros iungit agris cupidus domibusque domosque,
Possideat totam sic quasi solus humum.
Solus et innumeros mulierum spirat amores,
Vt sacra millenis sit sibi culta Venus.
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