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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

53 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:53
AUTHOR:Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe,
Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere;
And out of old bookes, in good faithe,
Cometh al this new science that men lere.
ATTRIBUTION:The Assembly of Fowles. Line 22.