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1819 ffor evermore gladly, as I rede,
1820 Brent child of fier hath mych drede.
1821 And, certis yit, for al my peyne,
1822 Though that I sigh yit arwis reyne,
1823 And grounde quarels sharpe of steell,
1824 Ne for no payne that I myght feell,
1825 Yit myght I not my silf witholde
1826 The faire roser to biholde;
1827 For love me yaf sich hardement
1828 fforto fulfille his comaundement.
1829 Upon my fete I rose up thanne
1830 ffeble, as a forwoundid man;
1831 And forth to gon myght I sette,
1832 And for the archer nolde I lette.
1833 Toward the roser fast I drowe;
1834 But thornes sharpe mo than ynowe
1835 Ther were, and also thisteles thikke,
1836 And breres, brymme forto prikke,
1837 That I ne myght gete grace
1838 The rowe thornes forto passe,
1839 To sene the roses fresshe of hewe.
1840 I must abide, though it me rewe,
1841 The hegge aboute so thikke was,
1842 That closide the roses in compas.
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