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First Line: I often hear it said
Last Line: To be reserved and shy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Froissart, Jehan


I OFTEN hear it said
I bear myself too high;
It suits a little maid
To be reserved and shy.

This morn I left my bed
Upon the point of day,
And to the garden sped
Ere passed the dews away.

Within the sheltered ground
I thought the first to be;
But there my love I found
A-picking flowers for me.

I often hear it said
I bear myself too high;
It suits a little maid
To be reserved and shy.

I gave the wreath I twined
For him on yester eve,
And joyful was to find
He did my gift receive;
He cried, 'My wishes heed,
O gentle maid and fair;
A little more than need,
To me you cruel are.'

I often hear it said
I bear myself too high;
It suits a little maid
To be reserved and shy.





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