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First Line: Simon de montford seemed to win
Last Line: And birds are sweet in early may.
Subject(s): Montford, Simon De. Earl Of Leicester


Simon de Montford seemed to win,
Simon de Montford lost.
You played the game through thick and thin,
And paid the uttermost cost
That a lad should pay
Who dared to say
Thought is free, and life is gay,
And birds are sweet in early May.

The winds have taken your foeman now;
Your name is snow and gold.
Even in death you showed us how
Dreamers could have and hold.
And we try to say
Your words to-day,
Thought is free, and life is gay,
And birds are sweet in early May.




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