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2563 Thine armys shalt thou sprede Abrode,
2564 As man in werre were forweriede.
2565 Thanne shall thee come a remembraunce
2566 Of hir shappe and hir semblaunce,
2567 Whereto none other may be pere.
2568 And wite thou wel, withoute were,
2569 That thee shal se, somtyme that nyght,
2570 That thou hast hir, that is so bright,
2571 Naked bitwene thyne armes there,
2572 All sothfastnesse as though it were.
2573 Thou shalt make castels thanne in spayne,
2574 And dreme of ioye, all but in vayne,
2575 And thee deliten of right nought,
2576 While thou so slomrest in that thought,
2577 That is so swete and delitable,
2578 The which, in soth, nys but fable,
2579 ffor it ne shall no while laste.
2580 Thanne shalt thou sighe and wepe faste,
2581 And say, "Dere god, what thing is this?
2582 My dreme is turned all Amys,
2583 Which was full swete and Apparent,
2584 But now I wake, it is al shent!
2585 Now yede this mery thought Away!
2586 Twenty tymes upon a day
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