The funerall Songs of that honorable Gent. Syr Phillip Sidney, Knight.
[XXXIIII.] Come to mee griefe &c.
1
Come to mee grief for euer,
Come to mee teares, day & night,
Come to mee plaint, ah helples, plaint
iust griefe, heart teares, plaint worthie,
2
Go fro mee dread to die now,
Go fro mee care to liue more,
Go fro mee ioyes all on earth,
Sidney, O Sidney is Dead.
3
He whome the Court adorned,
He whome the country courtis'd,
He who made happie his friends,
He that did good to all men.
4
Sidney the hope of land strange,
Sidney the floure of England,
Sidney the spirit heroic,
Sidney is dead, O dead, dead,
5
Dead? no, no, but renomed,
With the anointed oned,
Honor on earth at his feete,
Blisse euerlasting his seate.
Come to mee griefe: &c.
XXXV. O that most rare brest
O that most rare brest
O that most rare brest, O that most rare brest, most rare
brest, O that most rare brest, most rare brest, christalline sincere,
sincere through which like gold, thy princely hart did shine, did shine,
O sprite heroic, heroic, O valiant worthie knight, O Sidney, O Sidney, prince
of fame, O Sidney, prince of fame & mens good will,
O Sidney, Sidney, O Sidney, prince of fame, and mens good wil,
good will. For thee, for thee, both kings & princesses do mourne, for thee, both
kings & princesses do mourne, & princesses do mourne, do mourne,
thy noble Tombe, three Cities strange desired, desired, foes to the cause, the
cause, thy prowes did defend, bewaile the day, bewaile the day, that crost thy
famous race, bewaile the day, that crost thy famous race, bewaile
the day, the day, bewaile the day, that crost thy famous
race. The dolfull debt due to thy hearse, due to thy hearse I
pay, due to thy hearse I pay, teares from the soule, teares from the soule, that
aye thy want shall moane, shall moane, and by my will my life it selfe would
yeeld, it selfe would yeelde, would yeelde, if heathen blame ne might, my faith
distaine, O heauie time, O heauie time, O heauie time, that my dayes draw behind thee, thou
dead dost liue, dost liue, thou dead doest liue, thy friend here liuing,
dieth, thy friend here liuing, dieth, here lyuing dieth, O heauie time,
O heauie time, O heauie time, O heauie time
that my daies draw behinde thee, thou dead doest liue, doest liue, thou dead
doest liue, thy friend heere lyuing, dieth, thy &c.
heere liuing dieth, thy friend heere liuing, dieth, dieth.
FINIS.
