Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.
Aspatias SongFrancis Beaumont (15841616) and John Fletcher (15791625)
From ‘The Maid’s Tragedy’, Act II. Scene 1
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Of the dismal yew;
Maidens, willow branches bear;
Say, I dièd true.
From my hour of birth.
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!