Bollywood cinema, from pre-Raphaelite fantasy to the latest fashion spread in Vogue, the vision of a beautiful woman, alone in a garden, haunts the artistic imagination. No longer mere flesh and blood, she is a mystery and a muse. The scene becomes even more compelling when a man looks on, pining, suddenly pierced by the arrows of love. It is a moment full of wonder, romance, and possibility.
In the first tale of Chaucer's famous "Canterbury Tales," the beautiful Emily steps out of her castle home just as the "sonne upriste" (as the sun arises).
from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: A Reading from 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer
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