THE TALES OF CAUNTERBURY

The Canterbury Tales, Line 12-14: Then folk long to go on pilgrimages

At last the main verb arrives. Spring makes people want to travel to holy places, near and far.

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12-14 Then folk long to go on pilgrimages. then people long to go on pilgrimages (and palmers to seek foreign shores) to…

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