A Rondel of Merciless Beauty – The Original<\/p>\n
I. 1.
\nYoure two eyn will sle me sodenly
\nI may the beaute of them not sustene,
\nSo wendeth it thorowout my herte kene.<\/p>\n
2.
\nAnd but your words will helen hastely
\nMy hertis wound, while that it is grene,
\nYoure two eyn will sle me sodenly.<\/p>\n
3.
\nUpon my trouth I sey yow feithfully,
\nThat ye ben of my liffe and deth the quene;
\nFor with my deth the trouth shal be sene.
\nYoure two eyn will sle me sodenly
\nI may the beaute of them not sustene,
\nSo wendeth it thorowout my herte kene.<\/p>\n
II. 1.
\nSo hath youre beauty fro your herte chased
\nPitee, that me n’availeth not to pleyn:
\nFor daunger halt your mercy in his cheyne.<\/p>\n
2.
\nGiltless my deth thus have ye purchased;
\nI sey yow soth, me nedeth not to fayn:
\nSo hath your beaute fro your herte chased.<\/p>\n
3.
\nAlas, that nature hath in yow compassed
\nSo grete beaute, that no man may atteyn
\nTo mercy, though he sterve for the peyn.
\nYoure two eyn will sle me sodenly
\nI may the beaute of them not sustene,
\nSo wendeth it thorowout my herte kene.<\/p>\n
III. 1.
\nSyn I fro love escaped am so fat,
\nI nere thinke to ben in his prison lene;
\nSyn I am fre, I counte hym not a bene.<\/p>\n
2.
\nHe may answere and sey this and that,
\nI do no fors, I speak ryght as I mene;
\nSyn I fro love escaped am so fat.<\/p>\n
3.
\nLove hath my name i-strike out of his sclat,
\nAnd he is strike out of my bokes clene:
\nFor ever mo ‘ther’ is non other mene,
\nSyn I fro love escaped am so fat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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