Fair Welcome cried: "With ready heart
I give to him his full desire,
And pray him to forget the dire
Vexations that his path beset,
Ere le might full possession get
Of that which shall henceforward be
The crown of his felicity."
What more remaineth then to say,
Saving that thus I gained the day
By Venus' aid, and now at last,
My pains and perils safely past,
To all and each who helped me I
Shall worship give unendingly.
Roman de la Rose, v. 21814-26
(Trans. by F. S. Ellis)
Fair Welcome cried: "With ready heart
I give to him his full desire,
And pray him to forget the dire
Vexations that his path beset,
Ere le might full possession get
Of that which shall henceforward be
The crown of his felicity."
What more remaineth then to say,
Saving that thus I gained the day
By Venus' aid, and now at last,
My pains and perils safely past,
To all and each who helped me I
Shall worship give unendingly.
Roman de la Rose, v. 21814-26
(Trans. by F. S. Ellis)
