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362 But is more chivalrous than they are, And sigheth for a nobler war; A finer strain its trumpet sings, A brighter gleam its armor flings. The life that I aspire to live No man proposeth me; Only the promise of my heart Wears its emblazonry.

full-orbed moon with unchanged ray Mounts up the eastern sky, Not doomed to these short nights for aye, But shining steadily. She does not wane, but my fortune, Which her rays do not bless; My wayward path declineth soon, But she shines not the less. And if she faintly glimmers here, And palèd is her light, Yet alway in her proper sphere She's mistress of the night.