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MADRIGAL by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "THOU ART BUT YOUNG, THOU SAY'ST"
Last Line: O ME! THAT I WERE YOUNG AGAIN! AND SO REPENT THEE
Subject(s): YOUTH;
THOU art but young, thou say'st,
And love's delight thou weigh'st not;
O, take time while thou may'st,
Lest when thou would'st thou may'st not.

If love shall then assail thee,
A double anguish shall torment thee;
And thou wilt wish (but wishes all will fail thee,)
"O me! that I were young again!" and so repent thee.



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