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MY first gift and my last, to you / I dedicate this fascicle of songs- / The only wealth I have: / Just as they are, to you.
I speak the truth in soberness, and say / I had rather bring a light to your clear eyes, / Had rather hear you praise / This bosomful of songs
Than that the whole, hard world with one consent, / In one continuous chorus of applause / Poured forth for me and mine / The homage of ripe praise.
I write the finis here against my love, / This is my love's last epitaph and tomb.
Here the road forks, and I / Go my way, far from yours.