Natures Picture Drawn by Fancies Pencil To the Life Being several Feigned Stories, Comical, Tragical, Tragi-comical, Poetical, Romancical, Philosophical, Historical, and Moral: Some in Verse, some in Prose; some Mixt, and some by Dialogues. Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and most Excellent Princess, The Duchess of Newcastle [i.e. Margaret Cavendish]. The Second Edition |
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A SONG.
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A SONG.
My
Bed of Sorrow's made, since no relief;
And all my Pillows shall be stuff'd with Grief,
My Winding-sheets are those whereon I lye,
My Curtains drawn with sad Melancholy.
And all my Pillows shall be stuff'd with Grief,
My Winding-sheets are those whereon I lye,
My Curtains drawn with sad Melancholy.
Watching shall be my Food, Weeping my Drink,
Sighing my Breath, and Groaning what I think:
Trembling and shaking, all my Exercise;
Disquiet and disorder'd Thoughts now rise.
Sighing my Breath, and Groaning what I think:
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Disquiet and disorder'd Thoughts now rise.
Wringing of hands, with folded arms lamenting,
Is all the joy is left me of contenting:
For he is gone that was my joy, my life;
I'm left his Widow, who ne'er was his Wife.
Is all the joy is left me of contenting:
For he is gone that was my joy, my life;
I'm left his Widow, who ne'er was his Wife.
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