<h2><SPAN name="RONDEAU_FOR_OUR_LOVES_SAKE" id="RONDEAU_FOR_OUR_LOVES_SAKE"></SPAN>RONDEAU.—FOR OUR LOVE'S SAKE.</h2>
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<span class="i0"><span class="dropcap">F</span>OR our Love's sake I bid thee stay,<br/></span>
<span class="i1a">Sweet, ere the hours flee away,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Beneath the old acacia tree<br/></span>
<span class="i2">That waves its blossoms quiveringly,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And think awhile of early May:<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Of how the months have fled away,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And sunrise hour turned twilight gray,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">While we have suffered smilingly<br/></span>
<span class="i6">For our Love's sake.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">It may not be—that which we pray<br/></span>
<span class="i0">For tearfully—but dare not say.<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And yet if, Sweet, it may not be,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">We still may suffer silently,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Watching our sunlight fade away,<br/></span>
<span class="i6">For our Love's sake.<br/></span></div>
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