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RONDEL by FRANCOIS VILLON

First Line: GOOD-BY, THE TEARS ARE IN MY EYES
Last Line: GOOD-BY, THE LAST OF MY GOOD-BYS.
Subject(s): FAREWELL;

GOOD-BY, the tears are in my eyes;
Farewell, farewell, my prettiest;
Farewell, of women born the best;
Good-by, the saddest of good-bys.
Farewell, with many vows and sighs
My sad heart leaves you to your rest;
Farewell, the tears are in my eyes;
Farewell, from you my miseries
Are more than now may be confessed,
And most by thee have I been blessed,
Yea, and for thee have wasted sighs;
Good-by, the last of my good-bys.



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