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RONDEAU by ANONYMOUS

First Line: BY TWO BLACK EYES MY HEART WAS WON
Last Line: THOUGH PROPER TO REWARD MY FLAME / BY TWO BLACK EYES
Subject(s): LOVE - UNREQUITED;WOMEN;

BY two black eyes my heart was won,
Sure never wretch was more undone!
To Celia with my suit I came,
But she, regardless of her prize,
Thought proper to reward my flame
By two black eyes!



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