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but "No!" and "I!" and "I!" and "No!"

"How falls it out so strangely?" you reply.

I tell ye, Fair, I'll not be answered so,

With this affirming "No!" denying "I!"

I say "I love!" You slightly answer "I!"

I say "You love!" You pule me out a "No!"

I say "I die!" You echo me with "I!"

"Save me!" I cry; you sigh me out a "No!"

Must woe and I have naught but "No!" and "I!"?

No "I!" am I, if I no more can have.

Answer no more; with silence make reply,

And let me take myself what I do crave;

Let "No!" and "I!" with I and you be so,

Then answer "No!" and "I!" and "I!" and "No!"