Chaucer's eloquent lament
Feb. 22nd, 2008 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elabyEr, well. I didn't say anything about Heath Ledger's death at the time, but his talent and potential was incredible and it sucks that he's gone. But Chaucer Hath a Blog has posted a beautifully written poem, and I want to link it.
Middle English* ahead.
Lament for Sir William
*Probably pseudo-Middle English, but I don't have tons of experience with ME and this strikes me as authentic enough while being pretty readable by the general modern blogger.
[Edit: Duhur. It occurs to me that some of you may never have seen A Knight's Tale, in which Heath Ledger played Sir William, a.k.a. Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein, and Paul Bettany played Chaucer - charismatically, and quite arguably from not even too fangirly a perspective in love with William. The slashiness is beside the point, but that's why this is a lament for Sir William.]
Middle English* ahead.
Lament for Sir William
*Probably pseudo-Middle English, but I don't have tons of experience with ME and this strikes me as authentic enough while being pretty readable by the general modern blogger.
[Edit: Duhur. It occurs to me that some of you may never have seen A Knight's Tale, in which Heath Ledger played Sir William, a.k.a. Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein, and Paul Bettany played Chaucer - charismatically, and quite arguably from not even too fangirly a perspective in love with William. The slashiness is beside the point, but that's why this is a lament for Sir William.]
