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RONDEAU by CHARLES D'ORLEANS

Poem Explanation

First Line: MYNE ONLY LOVE, MY JOYE, MY BOONE
Last Line: MYNE ONLY LOVE, MY JOYE, MY BOONE.
Subject(s): SPRING;

MYNE only love, my joye, my boone,
More deare to me than ought beside,
I prithee joyously doe bide
In hope that I maye see thee soone.
I seeke a waye by nighte, by noone,
To come to thee, if Godde me guide,
Myne only love, my joye, my boone,
More deare to me than ought beside.
And if, by wishynge it, my shoone
Maye brynge me nigh thee, nought denied
Of all that under heav'n doth hide,
Shall sette me cryinge for the moone:
Myne only love, my joye, my boone.



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