Note 120 — THE TEMPLE OF FAME.
Reading edition
The scene here changes from the Temple of Fame to that of Rumour, which is almost entirely Chaucer's. The particulars follow:
Tho saw I stonde in a valey, Under the castle faste by A house, that Domus Dedali That Labyrinthus cleped is, Nas made so wonderly I wis, Ne half so queintly ywrought; And evermo, as swift as thought, This queinte house aboute went, That never more stille it stent— And eke this house hath of entrees As fele of leaves as ben on trees In summer, when they grene ben; And in the roof yet men may sene A thousand holes, and well mo To letten well the soune out go; And by day in every tide Ben all the doores open wide, And by night each one unshet; No porter is there one to let No manner tydings in to pace: Ne never rest is in that place.—Pope.