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Who so loveth me that he / Will give his precious life for me? / I shall be set free from the stone / If some one drowns for me in the sea, / I shall have life, life of my own, -- / For life I ache.
I long for the singing blood, / The stone is so still and cold. / I dream of life, life is good. / Will no one love me and be bold / And me awake?
I weep and weep alone, / Weep always for my stone. / What joy is my blood to me / If it ripens like red wine? / It cannot call back from the sea / The life that was given for mine, / Given for Love's sake.