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| WHEN first mine eyes did view and mark | |
| Thy fair beauty to behold; | |
| And when my ears listened to hark | |
| The pleasant words, that thou me told; | |
| I would as then I had been free | 5 |
| From ears to hear, and eyes to see. | |
| And when my lips gan first to move, | |
| Whereby my heart to thee was known, | |
| And when my tongue did talk of love | |
| To thee that hast true love down thrown; | 10 |
| I would my lips and tongue also | |
| Had then been dumb, no deal to go. | |
| And when my hands have handled ought | |
| That thee hath kept in memory, | |
| And when my feet have gone and sought | 15 |
| To find and get thee company, | |
| I would, each hand a foot had been, | |
| And I each foot a hand had seen. | |
| And when in mind I did consent, | |
| To follow this my fancy’s will, | 20 |
| And when my heart did first relent | |
| To taste such bait, my life to spill, | |
| I would my heart had been as thine, | |
| Or else thy heart had been as mine. | |
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