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COURTSHIP by IBN SA'ID OF ALCALA LA REAL

First Line: AND WHEN THE EYES OF LOVE
Last Line: AND PILLAR OF MANKIND.

And when the eyes of love
Crowd round his beauty, he
Puts on the breastplate of
Disarming modesty.

So do our kisses crowd
Importunate to find
His hand, our monarch proud
And pillar of mankind.



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