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LOVE AND DEBT ALIKE TROUBLESOME, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This one request I make to him that sits the clouds above
Last Line: He eats, he drinks, he takes his rest, he fears no man nor woman.


THIS one request I make to him that sits the clouds above;
That I were freely out of debt, as I am out of love.
Then for to dance, to drink, and sing, I should be very willing;
I should not owe one lass a kiss, nor ne'er a knave a shilling.

'Tis only being in love and debt, that breaks us of our rest;
And he that is quite out of both, of all the world is blessed.
He sees the golden age, wherein all things were free and common;
He eats, he drinks, he takes his rest, he fears no man nor woman.





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