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Not for me marring or making, / Not for me giving or taking; / I love my Love and he loves not me, / I love my Love and my heart is breaking.
Sweet is Spring in its lovely showing, / Sweet the violet veiled in blowing, / Sweet it is to love and be loved; / Ah, sweet knowledge beyond my knowing!
Who sighs for love sighs but for pleasure, / Who wastes for love hoards up a treasure; / Sweet to be loved and take no count, / Sweet it is to love without measure.
Sweet my Love whom I loved to try for, / Sweet my Love whom I love and sigh for, / Will you once love me and sigh for me, / You my Love whom I love and die for?