by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Love for Love
Language: English 
My joy it is from her to hear
Whom that my mind is ever to see,
And to my heart she is most near,
For I love her and she loveth me.

Of duty needs I must her love 
Which hath my heart so steadfastly,
There is no pain may me convert
But still to love her while she loveth me.

Both love for love and heart for heart
Which hath my heart so steadfastly,
Therefore my heart shall not remove,
For I love her and she loveth me.

Christ wolt the figure of her sweet face
Were pictur'd where so ever I be, 
In every hall, from place to place,
For I love her and she loveth me.

Her company doth me comfort,
Therefore in haste I will resort
To joy my heart with play and sport,
For I love her and she loveth me.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 146