But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve,

He taught; but first he folwed it himselve.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400): Canterbury Tales. Prologue. Line 529.

'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,

And coming events cast their shadows before.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844): Lochiel's Warning.

Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days

Have led their children through the mirthful maze,

And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,

Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): The Traveller. Line 251.