This poem is written in rhyme royal, and sees Nature preside over a debate about who should marry the "formel eagle.
At one point in this poem, its speaker sees Dame Justice and Dame Patience sitting on a mound of sand holding open a curtain door. Three suitors in this poem argue about whose love is most valid, with one claiming his love is the deepest, one arguing he has loved the longest, and the third asserting he will love until his death. The speaker of this poem encounters a gate with two inscriptions, one written in gold saying men will find peace through the doors and the other written in black claiming men will find sorrow. After falling asleep while reading Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, its speaker is guided to the Temple of Venus by Scipio Africanus. This poem is written in rhyme royal, and sees Nature preside over a debate about who should marry the "formel eagle." Set on St. Valentine's Day, for 10 points, name this poem about the title meeting in which the birds argue over their mates, written by Geoffrey Chaucer.
At one point in this poem, its speaker sees Dame Justice and Dame Patience sitting on a mound of sand holding open a curtain door.
"The Parliament of Fowls" [or "The Parlement of Foules"; accept reasonable equivalents for "fowls"]