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Ber.Love, do not rate your services so small,
As I to you, such love unto me bear;
For nothing past will Bertha ever call,
Nor on a food from heaven think to cheer.
As far as this frail brittle flesh will spare,
Such, and no further, I expect of you;
Be not too slack in love, nor over-dear;
A small fire than a loud flame proves more true.
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Thy gentle words thy disposition kenne
To be instructed more than is in most of men.
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