Waite High School - Warrior Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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I r I F, r r v I ,. I' 5 F, I I I F gk, I. Y' I, If F F- F g-Y V. ,Y F I, 5-, age Vfvv, r-- -.-. 1 1 ,-SL. f-LT, SELECTION FROM HPROLOGUE' A KNIGHT ther was, and that a Worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan ' To ryden out, he loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, freedom and curt- eisye. Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre. And ther-to hadde he ridden fno man ferrej As wel in Cristendorn as in hethenesse, And ever honoured for his worthiness. ' And thogh that he was worthy, he was wys, And of.his port as meke as is a rnayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde In al his lyf, un-to no manner Wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight. 5 But for to tellen yow of his array, ' His hors were gode, but he ne was nat I gay. 1 Of fustian he wereh a gipoun, Al bismotered with his habergeoung For he was late y-come from his viage. And wente for to doon his pilgrimage. C lmzrcer X93 L'iF!FF'QN.f Zgfhv ' ,X H . . -.V POETRY H The above selection is one of the best known parts of the Prologue to the Can- terbury Talesf' by Chaucer. This specimen of lhe earliest English poetry reveals the type of writing done by this great poet, often called second to none but Shakespeare.

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is STOPPING BY XVOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING VVhose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, thoughg He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. Bly little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. Wil FQ ' 'L- He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy Hake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost. my 'Nl '- '-sg - A :- : if' X- ' V ', -U. fo. ' L ' ? Tir' iri'WQhQ5wmXSM'NYt5 ilk. if , w a.,Lf'v, 2 - N.. V ' t J- . TJ? Q P 1- r 2 ' f V' 'nf . 'f A -. W.. Qeisviig, fe .. , W POETRY f The above selection by the modern poet Robert Frost, shows the type of work that ix done in this school of poetry. Robert Frost ix known ar the chief interpreter of New England, for all his poemx, like the above selection, .reem to breathe the atmos- phere of that section of the country.