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"The Merle and the Nightingale", stanza 2
More quotes by William Dunbar
Man, pleis thy makar and be mirry,
And sett not by this warld a chirry.
My deathe chasis my lyfe so besalie
That wery is my goist to fle so fast.
All wemen of us suld haif honoring,
Service and luve, aboif all uthir thing.
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