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RONDEL: SHALL IT BE SO by CHARLES D'ORLEANS

Poem Explanation

First Line: SHALL IT BE SO
Last Line: SHALL I BE THINE?

SHALL it so be?
Shall I be thine?
Strife I resign
On bended knee.

To this one plea
Thine ear incline;
Shall it so be?
Shall I be thine?

Envy may see
My faith I plight,
My dear delight;
Let us agree.
Shall it so be?
Shall I be thine?



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