Geoffrey Chaucer — "A fair fordoon hir beautee was al newe."

A fair fordoon hir beautee was al newe.
Geoffrey Chaucer — Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval · Canterbury Tales

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From The Physician's Tale, describing Virginia. 'Fordoone' (destroyed) applied to beauty that is 'all new' is an unusual and almost contradictory phrase, hinting at a tragic paradox.

Date: c. 1387-1400

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