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SONG by VAUQUELIN DE LA FRESNAYE

First Line: LOVE BE MUTE, BUT TAKE THYNE ARC
Last Line: I AM SLAINE.
Subject(s): DEATH; LOVE; DEAD, THE;
LOVE be mute, but take thyne arc,
For my wild and lovelye deer,
In the dawn or in the dark
Passeth near.

Here be foot-prints. Lo! her shape.
To her heart thyne arrowe speed.
Miss her not lest her escape
Mock thy deed.

Woe is me! 'Tis blynde thou art!
O the cruel drops that draine!
Far she flies nor feels thy dart:
I am slaine.



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