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| YOUR fearful hope cannot prevail; | |
| Nor yet faithful trust also. | |
| Some thinks to hit, ofttimes do fail; | |
| Whereby they change their wealth to woe. | |
| What though! in that yet put no trust: | 5 |
| But always after as ye see. | |
| For say your will, and do your lust; | |
| There is no place for you to be. | |
| No such within; ye are far out. | |
| Your labour lost ye hope to save. | 10 |
| But once I put ye out of doubt; | |
| The thing is had that ye would have. | |
| Though to remain without remorse, | |
| And pitiless to be opprest; | |
| Yet is the course of Love, by force | 15 |
| To take all things unto the best. | |
| Well! yet beware, if thou be wise: | |
| And leave thy hope thy heat to cool: | |
| For fear lest she thy love despise, | |
| Reputing thee but as a fool. | 20 |
| Since this to follow of force thou must, | |
| And by no reason can refrain; | |
| Thy chance shall change thy least mistrust; | |
| As thou shalt prove unto thy pain. | |
| When with such pain thou shalt be paid, | 25 |
| The which shall pass all remedy; | |
| Then think on this that I have said; | |
And blame thy foolish Fantasy.
FINIS. | |
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