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RONDEAU by JEAN FROISSART

First Line: COME BACK, SWEET FRIEND, TOO LONG THOU ART AWAY
Last Line: MY HEART IS PAINED WHEN THOU DOST ABSENT STAY.

Come back, sweet friend, too long thou art away,
My heart is pained while thou dost absent stay;
I yearn for thee each moment of the day,
Come back, sweet friend, too long thou art away.

For till thou comest—wherefore then delay?—
I have not any one to make me gay;
Come back, sweet friend, too long thou art away,
My heart is pained when thou dost absent stay.



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