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LOVE'S AMULET.
SONG, be strong and true to hold
Love within thy locks of gold:
Bind my lady's thought with rhyme;
Kiss her if her lips grow cold;
Bring her thoughts of summer-prime,
Lest her heart catch winter-time.
Song, be quick and bold.
Love within thy locks of gold:
Bind my lady's thought with rhyme;
Kiss her if her lips grow cold;
Bring her thoughts of summer-prime,
Lest her heart catch winter-time.
Song, be quick and bold.
Take her flowers of love and light,
Blossoms of her soul's delight,
Roses of her heart's desire;
Bind her brow with lilies white;
Lilies' snow and roses' fire
Hold love's summer ever by her,
In the world's despite!
Blossoms of her soul's delight,
Roses of her heart's desire;
Bind her brow with lilies white;
Lilies' snow and roses' fire
Hold love's summer ever by her,
In the world's despite!
Strew the Springtime in her way,
Lest she weary of the day,
Lest the lonely hours be long;
Be her season ever May,
May, when Love is safe from wrong
And with larks' and linnets' song
All the world is gay.
Lest she weary of the day,
Lest the lonely hours be long;
Be her season ever May,
May, when Love is safe from wrong
And with larks' and linnets' song
All the world is gay.
Sweet, I wind thee with a chain,
Verses linked in one refrain,
“Love me, love, who love but thee,”
Piping ever and again;
Bind thy thought and heart to be
Constant aye to Love and me
Thorow joy and pain.
Verses linked in one refrain,
“Love me, love, who love but thee,”
Piping ever and again;
Bind thy thought and heart to be
Constant aye to Love and me
Thorow joy and pain.
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