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THE BOW by AL-BUQAIRA

First Line: AH, MY HEART GRIEVES
Last Line: IN SUCH AN ENDING.

Ah, my heart grieves
At the hateful bow,
Disloyal so
To the doves in the leaves.

Once warmly befriending,
Now full of spite:
The fates delight
In such an ending.



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