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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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Inuidus alterius est Supplantator honoris,
Et tua quo vertat culmina subtus arat.
Est opus occultum, quasi que latet anguis in herba,
Quod facit, et subita sorte nociuus adest.
Sic subtilis amans alium supplantat amantem,
Et capit occulte, quod nequit ipse palam;
Sepeque supplantans in plantam plantat amoris,
Quod putat in propriis alter habere bonis.
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