John Gower was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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John Gower shooting the world, a sphere of earth, air, and water (from a manuscript of his works ca. 1400).
The text reads:
Ad mundum mitto mea iacula dumque sagitto
At ubi iustus erit nulla sagitta ferit
Sed male viventes hos vulnero transgredientes
Conscius ergo sibi se speculetur ibi (As I shoot I send at the world these my boltsAnd where the just shall be no arrow may hitBut those living wicked lives, the transgressors I aim to harmThus may in this work those conscious amongst you observe themselves as they truly are)
The tomb of John Gower in Southwark CathedralWriters born in the 1330s 6
About this person
John Gower was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. He is remembered primarily for three major works - the Mirour de l'Omme, Vox Clamantis, and Confessio Amantis - three long poems written in French, Latin, and English respectively, which are united by common moral and political themes.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1330 to 1408 · aged 78
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28 languages
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