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and though
We are not now that strength which in the old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are,
One equal-temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

~ (Part of) Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.

If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.

Poss. Henry VIII. 1500s
part of Greensleeves

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