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COMPENSATION.
If Helen love me, she doth so
After the cautious modern fashion,
And usages like linkboys go,
To light the progress of her passion.
After the cautious modern fashion,
And usages like linkboys go,
To light the progress of her passion.
Say mine estate should dwindle; say
The breath of scandal fogged mine honour,
Helen would weep her love away,
And bid me think no more upon her.
The breath of scandal fogged mine honour,
Helen would weep her love away,
And bid me think no more upon her.
Say I fell ill, or lame, or blind,
The counsel of her friends would move her
Regretfully, to prove unkind,
And seek a less unfortunate lover.
The counsel of her friends would move her
Regretfully, to prove unkind,
And seek a less unfortunate lover.
But these things happen not, that is
Not in such sort as frightens Helen,
Whereas, her dear small prudencies
Make me a fenced demesne to dwell in.
Not in such sort as frightens Helen,
Whereas, her dear small prudencies
Make me a fenced demesne to dwell in.
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