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THE TRESPASS

Out and alas
For this my trespass!
I kiss'd her when I should not:
Not that she would not.
By my troth 'twas a likely lass.
Out and alas!—
Herein my trespass:
I would have love too quickly.
She not unlikely:
By my troth, so it came to pass.
Out and alas!—
For so brief trespass
She turns from me her sunlight.
Ne'ertheless I have done right.
By my troth, 'twas a likely lass.