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I abide and
abide and better abide,
And after the old proverb,
the happy day;
And ever my lady to me doth say,
"Let me alone and I will provide."
I abide and abide
and tarry the tide,
And with abiding speed well ye
may.
Thus do I abide I wot alway,
Nother obtaining
nor yet denied.
Ay me! this long abiding
Seemeth
to me, as who sayeth,
A prolonging of a dying death,
Or a refusing of a desir'd thing.
Much were it better
for to be plain
Than to say "abide" and yet shall not
obtain.
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