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Ballads and Lyrics of Old France

by Andrew Lang

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Rondel

Francois Villon, 1460

Goodbye! the tears are in my eyes;
   Farewell, farewell, my prettiest;
   Farewell, of women born the best;
Good-bye! the saddest of good-byes.
Farewell! with many vows and sighs
   My sad heart leaves you to your rest;
Farewell! the tears are in my eyes;
Farewell! from you my miseries
   Are more than now may be confessed,
   And most by thee have I been blessed,
Yea, and for thee have wasted sighs;
Goodbye! the last of my goodbyes.

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