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FIE, LOVE! FIE!
Unto Love my Lady said—
“Fie, Love! fie!
Counselling a young maid to wed:
Wed no man will I.”
Love! I pray thee—do not fail,
Since unless thou weight the scale
All my prayers may not prevail.
Ay, Love! ay.
“Fie, Love! fie!
Counselling a young maid to wed:
Wed no man will I.”
Love! I pray thee—do not fail,
Since unless thou weight the scale
All my prayers may not prevail.
Ay, Love! ay.
“Cease (she said) to speak his praise!
Fie, Love! fie!
What know maidens of men's ways?
Men for love will lie.”
Tell her, Love! some men are true;
And I, one among the Few,
Ask not more than is my due.
Ay, Love! ay.
Fie, Love! fie!
What know maidens of men's ways?
Men for love will lie.”
Tell her, Love! some men are true;
And I, one among the Few,
Ask not more than is my due.
Ay, Love! ay.
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