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MA BELLE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: FAREWELL, DEAR HEART! SINCE NEEDS IT MUST I GO
Last Line: HE LOVED ME WELL!'
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF;
FAREWELL, dear Heart! Since needs it must I go,
Dear Heart, farewell!
Fain would I stay, but that I love thee so.
One kiss, ma Belle!
What hope lies in the Land we do not know,
Who, Dear, can tell?
But thee I love, and let thy 'plaint be, 'Lo,
He loved me well!'



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