Quotes by Chaucer Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled,On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled. Edmund Spenser chaucer wells fame And Chaucer, with his infantine Familiar clasp of things divine. Elizabeth Barrett Browning chaucer divinity divine On the whole, Chaucer impresses us as greater than his reputation, and not a little like Homer and Shakespeare, for he would haveheld up his head in their company. Henry David Thoreau chaucer reputation littles Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her. John Dryden chaucer nature You know what my favourite quotation is?.. It's from Chaucer... Criseyde says it, "I am myne owene woman, wel at ese." Mary McCarthy chaucer favourite knows