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Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

Aspatia’s Song

Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)

From ‘The Maid’s Tragedy’, Act II. Scene 1

LAY a garland on my hearse

Of the dismal yew;

Maidens, willow branches bear;

Say, I dièd true.

My love was false, but I was firm

From my hour of birth.

Upon my buried body lie

Lightly, gentle earth!