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Anglo-Irish poems of the Middle Ages (Author: [unknown])

Poem 15

Repentance of Love

1] Love has brought me into sinful thought, thought I have to give up, to cease to think; it is as nothing, worthless is the love of sin.
5] Sin has brought me into grief, brought me into much unhappiness; I had hoped to possess joy, what I am in is a state of contemplation.
9] I am in distress, how must I proceed? I intend to carry on and strive, strive without favour until I am brought to the earth.