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SIRVENTE.

ATTRIBUTED TO BERTRAND DE BORN.

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Translated from the Provencal of the 12th century.

I LIKE it well, the sweet spring-time,

That brings the leaves and flowers,

And I like well the caroling

Of birds, their songs re-echoing

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Through groves and leafy bowers.

I like it well when, on the mead,

Tents and pavilions shine,

And in my very heart I like,

When horse, and horsemen armed to strike,

Stand in a gleaming line.

I like it well when raiders swoop

Down on the herdsmen flying.

I like it when the angry guard

In hot pursuit is hieing.

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