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SIRVENTE.

ATTRIBUTED TO BERTRAND DE BORN.

Great joy it bringeth me,

When strongholds old, by armies bold,

Beleaguered I can see.

When toppling walls uprooted fall,

And on the shore I see,

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Beyond the ditch and palisades,

The watchful enemy.

A good knight also pleaseth me,

When first he rides into the fray,

With horse in armor fearlessly;

For well he shows his men the way,

With such undaunted bravery,

That, when they come upon the field,

Each man would rather die than yield,

And follows willingly;

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