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SONG by CLEMENT MAROT

First Line: SINCE LOVING COUNTENANCE YOU STILL REFUSE
Last Line: MAY ONE WHO LOVES YOU LESS BE CHERISHED MORE.
Subject(s): LOVE;
I

SINCE loving countenance you still refuse,
I to some desert shall, a hermit, fly,
And pray that if another lover sues,
He may as true and faithful prove as I.

II

Then, Love, farewell! farewell to beauty's queen!
Farewell to charms and never-ending store!
To me they little recompense have been.
May one who loves you less be cherished more.



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