they+flee

=They Flee From Me= . . . 5 . . ||< They flee from me that sometime did me seek With naked foot, stalking in my chamber. I have seen them gentle, tame, and meek, That now are wild, and do not remember That sometime they have put themselves in danger To take bread at my hand; and now they range, Busily seeking with a continual change. ||> The women he once shared sexual pleasures with now leave him alone in his room, while they seek other men. At one point they trusted him, but their fickleness leads them to act as if they never had a relationship with him. || . 10 . . . . ||< Thanked be Fortune, it hath been otherwise Twenty times better; but once in special: In thin array, after a pleasant guise, When her loose gown from her shoulders did fall, And she me caught in her arms long and small, And therewithal sweetly did me kiss And softly said, "Dear heart, how like you this?" ||> After many lovers, he found one he truly loves. And she seemed to love him too; she came to him in a gauzy dress with pleasant behavior and held him in her long, slender arms, kissed him, and talked sweetly to him. || . . . . 20 . ||< It was no dream, I lay broad waking. But all is turned, thorough my gentleness, Into a strange fashion of forsaking: And I have leave to go of her goodness, And she also to use newfangledness. But since that I so kindly am served, I would fain know what she hath deserved. ||> It wasn't a dream, it was real. When he was gentle to her, their relationship seemed to become one of true courtly love. She showed such great affection for him, that he must now be given her permission to leave, but this is not true love. Because they shared such a seemingly true relation, he would like to know whom she would prefer over himself. ||
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