In paradise have I resided
Since release of life's first sighing breath;
Over men's wish high and low presided
From their birth until their passing death.
In this, my heart in exile long did sit,
Until thy graying lips with rosy hue
Did brush my face, thy hands did find their fit,
And so my heart was lost to love of you.
From then, my life for God no
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