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Слушать(AI)Rondel - II
(from the French of Wenceslas,
Duke of Brabant and Luxembourg, who died in 1384.)Long ago to thee I
Body, soul, and all I have--- Nothing in the world I keep:
All that in return I
Is that thou accept the
Long ago to thee I gave---Body, soul, and all I have.
Had I more to share or save,
I would give as give the brave, Stooping not to part the heap;
Long ago to thee I
Body, soul, and all I have--- Nothing in the world I keep.
Sir Henry Newbolt
Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian. He is perhaps best remembered for his poem
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