Quote#Love
I loved a lass, a fair one
Quote byGeorge Wither · 1588–1667
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: I Loved a Lass; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 390..
English (original)
I loved a lass, a fair one, As fair as e'er was seen; She was indeed a rare one, Another Sheba queen: But, fool as then I was, I thought she loved me too: But now, alas! she's left me, Falero, lero, loo!
— George Wither
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