Chaucer to his Empty Purse. Modernized by R. H. Horne

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Chaucer to his Empty Purse. Modernized by R. H. Horne

Poet(s)

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Credits

Translator

Horne, Richard Hengist

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Temple Bar 52, 353, March 1878.

First line

To you, my Purse, and to no other wight

Original language

Middle English

Notes and attribution research

This poem is mentioned in F. J. Furnivall's Note to the ‘Balade’ of Chaucer to his Empty Purse in Temple Bar, vol. 54, September 1878, p. 144 (HD). According to the Temple Bar ledger, Horne received £1-1-0 for this poem (BL ADD MS 46564 f.158). (AC)

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 17613

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Chaucer to his Empty Purse. Modernized by R. H. Horne