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THE ROVER'S FAREWELL by HUMBERT WOLFE

First Line: A WEARY LOT IS THINE, FAIR MAID
Last Line: "AND ADIEU FOR EVERMORE."
Subject(s): LOVE;

"A weary lot is thine, fair maid,
A weary lot is thine, fair maid!
To pull the thorn thy brow to braid,
And press the rue for wine.
A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien,
A feather of the blue,
A doublet of the Lincoln green --
No more of me you knew,
My love!
No more of me you knew,

"This morn is merry June, I trow,
The rose is budding fain;
But she shall bloom in winter snow
Ere we two meet again."
He turned his charger as he spake
Upon the river shore,
He gave the bridle-reins a shake,
Said, "Adieu for evermore,
My love!
And adieu for evermore."



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