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LXXI
[In eternum I was ons determed]
In eternum I was ons determed
For to have louid and my mynde affermed,
That with my herte it should be confermed
In eternum.
For to have louid and my mynde affermed,
That with my herte it should be confermed
In eternum.
Forthwith I founde the thing that I myght like,
And sought with loue to warme her hert alike,
For as me thought I shuld not se the like
In eternum.
And sought with loue to warme her hert alike,
For as me thought I shuld not se the like
In eternum.
To trase this daunse I put my self in prese;
Vayne hope ded lede and bad I should not cese
To serue, to suffer, and still to hold my pease
In eternum.
Vayne hope ded lede and bad I should not cese
To serue, to suffer, and still to hold my pease
In eternum.
With this furst Rule I fordred me a pase
That as me thought my trowghthe had taken place
With full assurans to stond in her grace
In eternum.
That as me thought my trowghthe had taken place
With full assurans to stond in her grace
In eternum.
It was not long er I by proofe had found
That feble bilding is on feble grounde,
For in her herte this worde did never sounde
In eternum.
That feble bilding is on feble grounde,
For in her herte this worde did never sounde
In eternum.
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In eternum then from my herte I keste
That I had furst determind for the best;
Now in the place another thought doeth rest
In eternum.
That I had furst determind for the best;
Now in the place another thought doeth rest
In eternum.
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