SIR ANASTASIUS
"It were great wrong to slay a man
Naked and fallen as she;
Now shame, Sir Knight, to chase as prey
A delicate, fair lady!"
Naked and fallen as she;
Now shame, Sir Knight, to chase as prey
A delicate, fair lady!"
He has taken a stick of the sturdy oak
And to part them he is fain.
"Let be, let be, and thou shalt see
Thy mercy is in vain.
And to part them he is fain.
"Let be, let be, and thou shalt see
Thy mercy is in vain.
"Hear first my tale that I will tell,
A tale that fiends would move:
This lady when we liv'd on earth
Did scorn my too great love.
A tale that fiends would move:
This lady when we liv'd on earth
Did scorn my too great love.
"My all I spent to give to her
What man can think to give,
But such her cruelty to me
Man could not bear and live;
With this same sword I took my life,
And Heaven let her not live.
What man can think to give,
But such her cruelty to me
Man could not bear and live;
With this same sword I took my life,
And Heaven let her not live.
"Let be, let be, and thou shalt see
What Heaven has order'd so:
My love is turn'd to bitter hate,
Ah me, a greater woe!
And she that scorn'd my love before
Would have it now I trow."
What Heaven has order'd so:
My love is turn'd to bitter hate,
Ah me, a greater woe!
And she that scorn'd my love before
Would have it now I trow."
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