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A whole long month of May in this sad plight

Made their cheeks paler by the break of June:

“To-morrow will I bow to my delight,

To-morrow will I ask my lady’s boon.”⁠—

“O may I never see another night,

Lorenzo, if thy lips breathe not love’s tune.”⁠—

So spake they to their pillows; but, alas,

Honeyless days and days did he let pass;