William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.
Calanthas DirgeJohn Ford (1586c. 1640)
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Can but please.
Outward senses, when the mind
Is troubled, or by peace refined.
Crowns may flourish and decay,
Beauties shine, but fade away;
Youth may revel, yet it must
Lie down in a bed of dust.
Earthly honours flow and waste,
Time alone doth change and last.
Sorrows mingled with contents prepare
Rest for care;
Love only reigns in death; though art
Can find no comfort for a Broken Heart.