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SONG by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO

First Line: I'LL PICK VERVAIN NEVERMORE
Last Line: NEVER, FOR MY LOVES ARE GONE.
I'll pick vervain nevermore
on the morning of Saint John:
never, for my loves are gone.

I'll pick vervain nevermore
once the sweetest herb to wear,
where white lilies in my hair
with a crimson rose I wore.
For me, stricken and forlorn
now the wilderness will bear
but the thistle and the thorn.

I'll pick vervain nevermore
on the morning of Saint John.
Never, for my loves are gone.



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