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Madrigal.

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Life is full of trouble,     Love is full of care,     Joy is like a bubble     Shining in the air,     For you cannot     Grasp it anywhere.     Love is not worth getting,     It doth fade so fast.     Life is not worth fretting     Which so soon is past;     And you cannot     Bid them longer last.     Yet for certain fellows     Life seems true and strong;     And with some, they tell us,     Love will linger long;     Thus they cannot     Understand my song.

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