Godiva (poem)

Godiva (poem)

"Godiva" is a poem written in 1842 by the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892). It is based on the story of the Countess Godiva ("c". 980 - 1067), an Anglo-Saxon lady who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England after her husband promised that he would remit oppressive taxes on his tenants if she agreed to do so.

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* [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/godiva.html#roger "Godiva" text online]

she rode forth clothed on withchastity the deep air listened roundher as she rode and all the low windhardly breathed for fear

then she rode back clothed on withchasity she took the tax away andbuilt herself an everlasting name

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