The Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Edited with Preface and Notes by William M. Rossetti: Revised and Enlarged Edition |
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MY FATHER'S CLOSE
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MY FATHER'S CLOSE
OLD FRENCH
Inside my father's close,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
Sweet apple-blossom blows
So sweet.
(Fly away O my heart away!)
Sweet apple-blossom blows
So sweet.
Three kings' daughters fair,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
They lie below it there
So sweet.
(Fly away O my heart away!)
They lie below it there
So sweet.
“Ah!” says the eldest one,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“I think the day's begun
So sweet.”
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“I think the day's begun
So sweet.”
“Ah!” says the second one,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“Far off I hear the drum
So sweet.”
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“Far off I hear the drum
So sweet.”
“Ah!” says the youngest one,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“It's my true love, my own,
So sweet.
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“It's my true love, my own,
So sweet.
“Oh! if he fight and win,”
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“I keep my love for him,
So sweet:
Oh! let him lose or win,
He hath it still complete.”
(Fly away O my heart away!)
“I keep my love for him,
So sweet:
Oh! let him lose or win,
He hath it still complete.”
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