Youbidmetry dobson bem
You bid me try, by Austin Dobson. Read for LibriVox.org by Barbara McCarthy. You bid me try, blue eyes, to write around due. What forthwith tonight? Reflect, some skill I have, tis true, but thirteen lines and rhymed on two.
Refrain as well, ah, hapless plight! Still, there are five lines ranged to write. These gallic bonds I feared would fright my easy muse. They did, till you, you bid me try. That makes the mate, the ports in sight, tis all because your eyes are bright.
Now just a pair to end in ooh. When maids command, what can we do? Behold the rondeau! Tasteful light, you bid me try. End of poem.
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